OT - What makes you cry?

I don't usually cry during sad movies, but might tear up.  Unless, it evokes emotions that I'm already trying to deal with..then things may flood in and crying just makes me feel better. 

Cruelty, especially for children and animals stirs up extreme emotions. It's subjective as to what I expose myself to, for I can only imagine the pain. To tear or to cry would depend how far I want to go. Anger can replace that emotion/reaction.

I cry sometimes out of pure frustration, but when I'm depressed continually, and I'm scared for myself...I will cry. My functioning changes and reactions can be extreme.

I had a bad stint in the new year for a few months that was exacerbated by Zopiclone, deaths and family illness. darn scared to have gone back to that way of thinking and reacting, even though I was back on my antidepressants. Crying was fear-based. Scared the hell out of my husband.

I don't cry when babies are born...I have been involved in 2 births.

The Effexor makes me more apathetic, which I appreciate....but while on it, I have cried over a long period of time when an old friend/ex boyfriend suddenly died (the heartbreak is still there), and I will for a long while when my cat reaches her demise.

I will be devastated if my husband dies before me...I'll have no tears left.

I cried for Bob when he took his life because his spirit was totally broken by cruelty, and he was truly a part of me on here.

I always feel better after crying....I know it releases endorphins and I do consciously think more analytically and optimistically afterward.
I cry more alone than with others. Talking gives me a strength, but alone, it's not as balanced.

It's good to cry....it serves a purpose, except to get one's way. Different scenario, and I've never been able to do that.

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I cry when I think about my dogs getting older. I am not a big cryer. I tend to cry when I get hurt badly but it has to be serious, I don't cry over a little paper cut. I also cry when I am very stressed about money or when things just aren't going my way. If I get a flat or car breaks down and I know I am going to have to spend a bunch of money I don't have, that always gets me. I don't think I've cried since starting Pristiq. Funny qunicy mentions crying less on effexor since they are related medications. Maybe I am more emotionally stable since starting it. I don't feel better or worse afterwords, just drained.

I sort of had my tears out recently after an incident, thinking about what there is to life.

My dad's best friend passed away due to colon cancer.

Seeing him in the hospital bed and suffering in pain even after taking the strongest pain killers just made me question, what's the point of all this? Why do some have to suffer so much? And how come some receive propitious lifestyle and live happily ever?

He couldn't even speak b/c of the pain and half of the time, he was unconscious. Moaning in pain...
Puking everything up. Every bone in his body was revealed.

I remember hiking with him a year ago. He was fine. But noticed that he was losing some weight.

I had gone through a similar symptomatic phase a few months ago due to a horrible flare up except that I wasn't dying.

Made me appreciate things. Saw myself in a different perspective. Realized I must constantly endeavor to keep myself healthy and under control.

I don't know where I'm heading with this lol. Also I cried a few times while watching some K-dramas.

I'm not a crier either. I try NOT to cry, mainly because it hurts my eyes since I have low tear production anyway from Dry eye syndrome. But there are times that I just can't help it.

Death of a loved one (pet,friend or family)
Weddings - I'm a sucker for weddings
Extreme stress or anger
Extreme pain
Extreme pride (as in my children's accomplishments)

My husband is a big crier lol It's really quite comical. He's a big muscular guy but he cries at sappy commercials and sad movies. I call him my teddy bear.

Q - I'm glad to see you mention Bob. I truly was heart broken as well. I didn't cry over that but I did feel a profound loss and shock.

My first reaction when someone dies is to laugh. I'm by no means happy about it, but that's what happens.

I cry when I see someone homeless.

I've been crying a lot lately. Crying over this never ending UC flare. Crying that it is currently controlling my life and how much I am able to go and do. Just an all around pity party!

ElephantPipe said...
My first reaction when someone dies is to laugh. I'm by no means happy about it, but that's what happens.

It's called the mask and it happens to me too. People get very disturbed by it, but in reality the laughter masks the pain. I always have a huge smile and a big laugh when I talk about my father's and maternal grandmother's deaths. They both got hit by vehicles while walking. My dad was walking my sister's dog at the time. The dog died too. My grandmother got hit by a big rig and had her body parts thrown all over the place. They both died so suddenly, and they both died within the same year. I have so much guilt and regret that I didn't see them more often and tell them how much they meant to me.

subdued, yeah. I get pretty stoic actually, most of my laughing is right when I found out. And that's insane! I can't believe it happened twice. People scare me.
One night I woke up in the middle of the night and knew my grandma died, and right then the phone rang and it was my aunt calling to tell us. I guess that was my first experience with the laughing thing.

C_G_K, my boyfriend cried during that movie and I almost did too, but didn't because I thought he wasn't going to, lol. It was so sad! But it's a great movie.

I didn't think about that. Men cry all the time. I've seen my ex cry, my elder daughter's husband cry, and both my younger daughter's previous boyfriend and current boyfriend cry.

However, I've never seen my boyfriend cry, and I've been with him almost six years. He is the first man I have never seen cry, and his parents are very old-fashioned and conservative although they don't think they are.

On the one hand, I'd wish he'd show some tears. It is good to let go. On the other hand, his life is going well. I don't want his life to get worse and see him cry as a result.

I know I said I don't cry. But that is purely due to the Lexapro. It's a known side effect. I don't know if it's a good thing or not.

LOL Ain't that the truth Dsm!

A movie can do it to me, but it usually has to be a docu-drama. Watched "Conviction" just recently. Caused me to tear up a bit. Read some stuff online about Kenny Waters, and I teared up.

News story, if it's really bad, and sometimes I'll tear up a bit.