I hate when I cry in certain situations - like when I get frustrated at work and it comes out in tears. I hate that kind of crying. I used to hate it when I cried in therapy too, I think that was back when I was still trying to be a "good little client" or something and didn't want t to think I was weak or something, but I've changed on that regard. Crying in therapy is well, very therapeutic for me, it's like t has helped me to learn to give myself permission to release whatever crap we are talking about, something like that. I also spend time on weekends with a shamanic journey group, was just there this morning, we do a lot of sharing of feelings and stuff there too, and sometimes one or more participants get emotional, I have cried during that sharing on numerous occasions too but just like therapy is a safe place for "feeling", so is this. Crying can be a form of release, in a very real way, and that's how I view it. I have been able to let go of a LOT of pain from when I was a kid this way. I had to talk through it, and feel it all over again, but in the feeling it and talking through it and the crying/sobbing, I let it go.