I am one heck of a cry baby. I remember my first counselor got me started on childhood and I balled for most of the session. I was so humiliated to cry in front of this stranger in a business suit. He kept saying it was okey the cry and I kept calling myself a whimp, cry baby and other names for crying.
My new T had a few sessions of no tears. But, I now cry some in a lot of our sessions. I tend to cry when she hits the spot or feeds a psychological need of mine. Lately, she has been talking some about fear of abandonment and my ability to become an addiction counselor. I love to hear her tell me that she isn't planning on going anywhere for a while.
As for losing the ability to cry, yep you can do that. I got my emotions all stuffed up in between counselors and couldn't cry if my life depended on it until I released what I was refusing to think about.
It is okey to cry. It just means that we have things that we need to get out and express.

"It's okey to feel what you feel. Feelings are not right or wrong. They just are. There is no one who can tell you what you should feel. It's good and it's necessary to talk about feelings." Home Coming by John Bradshaw