[mrmanatee]

I just start crying as soon as I start talking about anything in therapy. I can't help it.

[Dreamy01]

No I find it very hard to show emotion. I think it's good you can be open with yours even though it hurts. It will benefit you in the long run to express them.

[SoupDragon]

Nope - I can't cry at all - wish I could, I too think it is probably helpful in processing stuff and being able to show your emotions.

[mrmanatee]

It's weird though it's kind of incongruous with what I'm saying and I feel detached from it. I guess it means something though.

not at all-nope

[CantExplain]

There have been sessions when I've cried a lot. When that happens, I feel I have got my money's worth.

[granite1]

i don't cry

[Hope-Full]

Yep. I've been there, many times. Just when I think that I am going to be able to have a conversation without crying, and actually go a couple of appointments that way, lo and behold, the tears show up again.

I notice that the tears are more plentiful when I'm talking about hard stuff that I've been avoiding. The few appointments after the hard ones are where I seem to be able to talk without tears.

It will get better! Don't worry, I'm sure your T is used to it!

[bluemountains]

No crying-I feel like I completely detach from my body during therapy. This feeling allows me to share things that I never thought I could tell anyone. At the end of therapy, it takes me a lot of processing to get myself back together. I used to go during my lunch break, but I have found that I can't get it together quick enough to do this.
Bluemountains

[shoez]

depends , sometimes I do

[critterlady]

I only cry when I talk about my mother's illness. I can't cry when I talk about my CSA.

My previous T used to joke that he didn't consider a successful session unless I cried.

[stopdog]

I can't cry anywhere. I do have friends who say they cry from start to finish.

[pbutton]

Sometimes I will randomly cry while I am speaking.

[WantingtoHeal]

I don't cry in therapy. Can't feel much emotion except tension.

[unaluna]

I usually just say something like, I feel like crying from that (whatever T or I just said). It is very rare - maybe once a year? that I cry for a few minutes.

I cry, not as often as I imagined that I would before I started this um adventure, but it's usually either a) because it hurts to talk about things I'd been hiding from everyone including myself and b) some things I need to say are just downright embarrassing. And sitting on that couch is the one place that I absolutely know I will not be ridiculed for sitting there bawling like a baby. So it's always a healing thing.

[Snuffleupagus]

I don’t cry very often if I'm talking about something bad happening to me, but I cry very reliably when I talk about someone being kind to me or feeling close to someone. It just overwhelms me.

[Sunne]

No, I'm unable to cry. The most so far is watery eyes but that's it.

I feel blocked in therapy from allowing myself to do this.

I think it's shame.

[Sannah]

Originally Posted by mrmanatee

It's weird though it's kind of incongruous with what I'm saying and I feel detached from it.

Why do you say that it is incongruous with what you are saying?

[taylor43]

Lately yes i have been crying allot in my sessions with my therapist and addiction counsellor. Life right now for me is up side down, marriage, my family (Dad) and Grandpa, and comming to terms with my past.

[mrmanatee]

Originally Posted by Sannah

Why do you say that it is incongruous with what you are saying?

I guess it's not incongruous it just feels separate. Like it just starts like clockwork and keeps going. I don't even have to be talking about particularly emotional material. It just happens.