Do you cry?

[staci]

Watching some of the devastation done to the poor and homeless people of southeast Texas has me in tears. Over 60% of those displaced people have no flood insurance and no way out. If they did, they have no where to go.

Some of us are emotional and have a hard time suppressing our feelings. Tragedy's to young children brings out the feelings to me. I am not one that can say "what a shame" then forget about it. Help.

[KitKat]

I know. It's so sad, but there is a lot of help out there. They are trying everything they can to help everyone who was affected by the flooding. Also, just remember that they are showing the worst of the worst on tv. Some places it's not as bad.

[_priapism]

I'm extremely empathetic, and cry easily.  My kids make fun of it, but it is just the way it is.  While it is occasionally an embarrassment, people going through a hard time usually appreciate the emotional connection made.

[msslave]

I usually don't, but the pictures of the flood and it's victims did get me misty eyed.  I hate the helpless feeling I get, that there's not much I can do.   

[Well Behaved Lady]

Yes, like Toe, I'm extremely empathetic. I have friends who have just moved to Austin but they have loved ones who have been evacuated because of flooding.

The downside to crying easily, is when dealing with emotions brought on by an argument or a break up those who don't think it's false or attention seeking. It still is no easier as I've got older. 

[MintJulie]

The downside to crying easily, is when dealing with emotions brought on by an argument or a break up those who don't think it's false or attention seeking. It still is no easier as I've got older.  

Exactly!   I've been accused of "attention seeking" tears in the last year.



6 years ago I was tough as nails.   My eyes wouldn't water up during a movie.  An argument I'd just be angry, not cry.   Even seeing sad news, I'd just watch and while still feel sorry, wouldn't get teary.   I think it was because of all the years of arguing with my mom.

I cry about everything now.   I had many tears with my sisters illness, but besides that, I remember it all started with Sandy Hook in 2012.     Watching the news that night and having them report 10, then13, then 16, then 17, then 20 children had been fatally shot.     Something tripped in my brain and said, "It feels good to cry when something bad happens."    Two weeks later at Christmas dinner my sister brought up the Sandy Hook shooting and I started crying.  I had to excuse myself to compose.

With my ex, I cried easily.   Most were tears of happiness, which I never did in any relationship, even when I was proposed to.     With my new bf, he can sing to me and I'll cry.   He can say "I love you and miss you" in a text and I'll smile and get watery eyes.
And yes, watching the news of Harvey, I've cried.   Just some of the little side stories about the victims.

[_priapism]

The downside to crying easily, is when dealing with emotions brought on by an argument or a break up those who don't think it's false or attention seeking. It still is no easier as I've got older.  

Exactly!   I've been accused of "attention seeking" tears in the last year.

6 years ago I was tough as nails.   My eyes wouldn't water up during a movie.  An argument I'd just be angry, not cry.   Even seeing sad news, I'd just watch and while still feel sorry, wouldn't get teary.   I think it was because of all the years of arguing with my mom.

I cry about everything now...

I believe as we age, our life experiences feed our empathetic response.  If a friend tells me about the death of a loved one, I tear up not only for him, but also for the loved ones I have lost and the feelings of hopelessness and loneliness they involved.

I dropped my son off at work today after coffee, and teared up.  Not because heading off for a nine hour shift is sad, but because I remember being his age, and mourned all the crazy thoughts that used to go through my head at that age.  And I mourn the day I won't be here to give him a ride.  Who would have thought life could be so complicated?  LOL.

[Katiebee]

I feel awash in emotions. I feel the tears sting my eyes and quickly wipe them away. During the day I have that happen often.

But is the question do you show that reaction? Or do you silently sit and cry?are tears a requirement for crying? Or is the shattering emotion enough?

[IdleBoast]

I'm British, we don't cry.

Except when I hear thousands of voices singing Rule Britannia. Or a single, elderly voice reciting the Kohima Epitaph. Or when I saw my wife walking down the aisle. Or when one of the boys is getting an award, or opening their exam results. Or that scene in Les Mis where the kid gets shot.

Apart from that, never.

Sort of.

[_priapism]

I'm British, we don't cry.

Except when I hear thousands of voices singing Rule Britannia. Or a single, elderly voice reciting the Kohima Epitaph. Or when I saw my wife walking down the aisle. Or when one of the boys is getting an award, or opening their exam results. Or that scene in Les Mis where the kid gets shot.

Apart from that, never.

Sort of.

LOL. My proper Brit father-in-law was that way.  I think that too will change.  With the decline of proper boys school education, keeping a stiff upper lip, and Zulu warfare.  It will one day be acceptable for a man to cry.

[Lois]

I've always cried easily. Stress, frustration, anger, happiness all bring on the tears.  I've been fired for crying on the job.  It's always been very humiliating and shameful that sometimes I cannot control the tears.

I believe it is part of my PTSD from being an abused child.  When I was young, highly charged emotional situations usually signaled the start of a beating.  Indeed, dealing with authority figures often leads to crying.

[KitKat]

I've always cried easily. Stress, frustration, anger, happiness all bring on the tears.  I've been fired for crying on the job.  It's always been very humiliating and shameful that sometimes I cannot control the tears.

I believe it is part of my PTSD from being an abused child.  When I was young, highly charged emotional situations usually signaled the start of a beating.  Indeed, dealing with authority figures often leads to crying.

:hugs:

I can relate. Without going into too much detail I also had a very abusive childhood. I also went through some very stressful things as a young adult and contemplated suicide many times. This seems to have the opposite effect on me. It has made me stronger. It takes a lot to make me break down.

[Lois]

When I was a kid I wanted to run away and live in the wild.

[Katiebee]

You had a hard life . Mine is a single night, a single person, a single incident.

And in the end, the worst that happened to me was a sense of guilt for what I did in response.

[KitKat]

When I was a kid I wanted to run away and live in the wild.

I did run away, and when I got back, the private detective told me if I tried that again I'd be looking down the barrel of a gun. Son of a bitch.