I probably went to my therapist for 8 months before I cried in front of him. We had talked about a bunch of heavy stuff. The thing that made me cry was seemingly minor and that made it somewhat surprising to me and perhaps to him too. He has tissues on his table but did not hand them to me, and I didn't take any.

I have cried several times since then and occasionally he will ask me, "If your tears could talk, what would they be saying?" Which he sometimes asks if he is not sure why I am crying. I've only started sobbing in front of him once and he didn't act any differently.

Look, therapists are used to people weeping in front of them. It happens to them literally everyday. Ordinary people tend to react to tears with something like panic and try to get you to "stop" crying but therapists are much more relaxed and that somehow makes it easier. I basically cry in front of no one, normally.