Why Can't I Stop Crying.

its abnormal...constantly, I hear a song I cry, a bird flys over, I cry.

Is this depression or am I going insane?

I don't think crying makes you insane. Sometimes we just need to cry, especially if we are going through a hard time. I hope you're feeling better soon.

I get a tear in my eye/choaked up too. Over everything! Like I cry when someone wins a gameshow. lol! It's annoying sometimes but I am just really sensitive.

Have you always been that way? Because I have always been very sensitive... even at times when I wasn't depressed. So for me it's normal.

I think I cried for months once...every time I woke up and realized how bad things were, I cried...even the cat got wet....I cried and cried until I could cry no more because there was nothing left. I got better. I was very depressed. There was a lot of emotion that had to come out, and it did!

Be glad the tears fall. There was a time also in my life when I couldn't cry and wanted too.That was bad too.

You are not insane or going insane. You are very sad and you hurt deeply. This will pass.

Perhaps that is exactly what it is. I haven't been able to cry and show true emotions my entire life. I was always under the idea that people don't care to know what I really feel, and if I were to express emotion it would probably just inconvienince somebody in some way.

I really feel, honestly, that I am finally being true to myself. Something that I have never done before.

I am afraid to cry infront of other people...what happens if it does happen. Does that make me a weak person, or just somebody that is in touch with her true feelings? (not to sound hippy dippy or anything)

Its certainly not abnormal..and I dont think you are going insane if you are crying all the time. Ive had times where I have cried for England ..in private and in public. Nearly always felt better after though

Sounds like you have not been able to release your feelings for a long long time and its no wonder you are crying uncontrollably now. It has to come out in some way. Is there sthg in particular that has triggered this release of emotions ?

I wouldnt be inconvenienced by someone crying ..nor would I NOT care if I saw someone cry. I would automatically want to know why ..even if I couldnt help.

So maybe this is a learned response to crying in public? Certainly if you have been around/raised not to show emotions because they are seen as an inconvenience/weak then I can see where its coming from ...so I can empathise. But I would question if your notions hold true for most ppl..

Your feelings are just as important as those around you...thats the point. No one should be in judgement.

See the tears as a breakthrough ..a way forward..a release from baggage..and a time for you to question old ways of thinking maybe..

All the best..

Oh that's depression.
I have that all the time. The happy and sad songs that make you cry,places, things..
One of the things that makes me cry is just knowing that my parents are getting old. There's nothing wrong with either of them, but I see their gray hairs and loosening skin, and just start bawling.
I totally get this, and it sucks, but can I ask you this? Do you feel like there is an underlying message for all of these random things that make you cry? For instance seeing my parents, a sunset, even a cat waking across the street, reminded me of time and how little we have on this earth...And how I felt I was spending it poorly. What is your underlying message for things that make you cry? Perhaps if you find that message and address it you might feel better.

I feel the same x

@ Siempre (which is an awesome name by the way, I lived in mexico for a while and...well...its just an awesome name) I really feel that the underlying message is that I hate myself for decisions that I have made in the past and I'm starting to come to terms with them. Never have I really tried to move past certain negative emotions, but now, since I'm almost on week 9 of recovery from this darn eating disorder, I feel like I can actually have emotions beside food fears and such.

Yesterday was incredibly difficult, thanksgiving has been nothing but bad memories for me my entire life. There was maybe two or three pleasant ones in my 27 years on this earth, and yesterday I couldn't hold back the tears. It was a feeling of "why me?" in regards to everything really. I had to take the dog out just so that I could cry my heart out, but knowing, deep inside, I wasn't going to solve anything and I couldn't turn to anyone. I couldn't turn to my boyfriend, I couldn't turn to his family, I had no family of my own...I had nobody. I feel so alone, and scared really.

Times like this, I really want to slip into the anorexia abyss that consumed my life for so long. At least when I was really sick I didn't have any feelings.