How often do you cry?
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Not as much as I did 4 or 5 years ago but I still have the odd moment every once in a while.
This reminds me of a scene in Friends when Rachel is angry with her boss, goes to confront her and starts out by saying something like: "Now, I may cry during this, but it's not because I'm sad or weak. They are tears of anger, not of sadness".
I can't get into Wagner, at least, not properly (I'll listen to an aria or two, but never seen any of his operas through). I suspect that's why I don't get weepy at literature, music, etc - I tend to not be interested in the kinds of art that naturally enhance a low (or heavily emotionally engaged) mood, preferring to enjoy different themes. Give me something frothy, with a sardonic twist, and I'm happy for hours though!
Currently about once a year, but back when I lived with a girlfriend, it was about once a week; that situation had got upsetting very quickly.
I'm not much of a crier. I can cry when I get angry, but again, that doesn't happen too often. I can't remember when I last really cried. Maybe once every few months.
I put it down to, not a lack of emotions, but always trying put a positive spin on things in my head. That's helped me get through some bad times before. It does means my head is at a polar opposite to my sense of humour, so optimism when things are bad and (humorous) pessimism when things are good.
Of course, that doesn't account for crying at, for example, losing someone, or saying goodbye to someone, but then I haven't had anything like that for a while, thankfully.
I put it down to, not a lack of emotions, but always trying put a positive spin on things in my head. That's helped me get through some bad times before. It does means my head is at a polar opposite to my sense of humour, so optimism when things are bad and (humorous) pessimism when things are good.
Of course, that doesn't account for crying at, for example, losing someone, or saying goodbye to someone, but then I haven't had anything like that for a while, thankfully.
Thanks for your responses, everyone. I'd like to add that I cried more frequently when I was younger - I guess as I've grown up I'm just become more jaded and react more stoically to unpleasent things. That's not to say I don't feel, I just react differently now.
I kinda miss the release of a good cry, and that feeling of cautious optimism that comes (or at least it did for me) when you're recovered (along with the headache)
I kinda miss the release of a good cry, and that feeling of cautious optimism that comes (or at least it did for me) when you're recovered (along with the headache
)Ditto. I'm seriously nuts, and not just the way that everybody says they're nuts. I cry just about every day.
The weirdest things tend to set me off. Some sad songs do, but also some songs that are not in any way, shape or form sad (like the verse of "America the Beautiful" about the alabaster cities). Also *cute* things make me bawl sometimes as well.
I haven't cried since 1984.
I am not ashamed to say that I cry often. Beautiful things make me cry just as much as sad things do (Eyes--even your avatar has almost done it to me several times...KITTY!!!!!!!), so it's not all a bad thing. I actually believe that a good cry is physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy for you if you view it as a way to work through whatever you're feeling.
That said, I'm not always comfortable with being seen crying by others (even in places like church, where people don't look at you badly for it), but still.
I actually believe that a good cry is physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy for you if you view it as a way to work through whatever you're feeling.That said, I'm not always comfortable with being seen crying by others (even in places like church, where people don't look at you badly for it), but still.
Movies and TV shows make me tear up quite frequently. Not full-on crying or anything, but tearing up. It's about equally split between happy and sad scenes.
The last time I really cried heavily was when my Mom died in June. I didn't cry at the hospital, mainly because I was trying to be strong and comfort my little sister, who went into the room and started clutching my Mom's hand and crying so hard she was hyperventilating. It was completely unexpected so we didn't have any time to prepare ourselves. But later that night I lost it, and occasionally I'll still tear up when something reminds me of her. Thanksgiving and Christmas are going to be rough this year without her.
The last time I really cried heavily was when my Mom died in June. I didn't cry at the hospital, mainly because I was trying to be strong and comfort my little sister, who went into the room and started clutching my Mom's hand and crying so hard she was hyperventilating. It was completely unexpected so we didn't have any time to prepare ourselves. But later that night I lost it, and occasionally I'll still tear up when something reminds me of her. Thanksgiving and Christmas are going to be rough this year without her.
I'm a pretty emotional guy so I cry often as well but usually only if something provokes me that I'm either really passionate about. This is gonna be weird but I also cry if I am moved by something I read, listen, or watch, but it has to be epic or profound enough to trigger emotion.
Prolonged emotional stress and being generally overworked has made me pretty sensitive. So I can cry even though I really hate that. I hate crying when I should meet things with anger or/and professionalism.
On the other hand I happily shed a tear when something good or bad happens in books, or on the screen or happy tears.
On the other hand I happily shed a tear when something good or bad happens in books, or on the screen or happy tears.
I feel ya.
My dad passed after a brief struggle with lung cancer and one day at work about 3 days after the funeral, I noticed a elderly lady hooked up to an oxygen tank just as my father had been in the hospital.
I had to drop everything right then and go into the breakroom and have a private breakdown.
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