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Originally Posted by alpacalicious
Since when I was a teenager, I view the act of crying as a bad thing. When I cry I feel weak, and ashamed of myself, like it's a thing I have to hide, even from myself. I don't cry often, in fact, I go months without crying. When I feel a lump in my throat, and my eyes starting to water, I try to block the sensation and to swallow my tears. It's like I need to block the act of crying. Recenlty I felt this sensation but I didn't cry, and supressed my tears.
I wonder if there is someone else who doesn't cry like me...and how can I start to see crying as a normal thing, not negative?
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Hi, well I have mixed experiences. Most of the time I am similar to you, in that I choke it back, it's how I've been my adult life. Very rarely cry, maybe just a little prickle.
In depression however I would cry and cry, often about no one particular thing, it was exhausting. Maybe it was a build up of bottled up emotion I don't know.
Not sure I'm going to be much help here seeing as I haven't really found a great conclusion, but I have found that movies can be a good emotional release (when sitting alone or in the darkness of the theatre no one can see me so it feels 'okay' somehow). Toy Story 3
