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Post by stingfan on Sept 25, 2017 14:56:44 GMT
Between a bad experience at work, emotional TV shows, and general family frustrations, I think I cried everyday last week. That seemed unusual for me, so I started wondering how often others cry. In a way, I think it was a good thing that I cried so much. I tend to repress my feelings a lot, so it was somewhat cathartic to let it out .
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 15:00:28 GMT
I don't have a set number of times that I cry. If something majorly upsetting happens I cry if it doesn't I don't!
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 25, 2017 15:05:25 GMT
Probably two times a week? I don't know, it's usually brief and it's out of frustration. BUT I rarely cry when watching movies, plays, TV, or reading books. The tears come from real life problems.
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Post by pondrunner on Sept 25, 2017 15:06:29 GMT
Just sometimes. But I do cry. It is an emotional outlet for me, I know some people don't cry and don't like to cry but for me it's very useful. Commercials, movies, TV, life situations, even just a conversation with someone, a song... can all create an emotional situation where I might cry.
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Post by myshelly on Sept 25, 2017 15:06:54 GMT
Not much.
I don't think I have ever in my life cried at TV or a movie.
I'm not really a crier.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Sept 25, 2017 15:12:05 GMT
I can remember the last time I cried but it was well over a year ago.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 25, 2017 15:12:51 GMT
If someone asks me something about my mother I will start crying. If I am just talking about her I won't but if it's something to do with her death the waterworks start again. It's only for a couple of seconds thank goodness.
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Post by jennrs on Sept 25, 2017 15:14:36 GMT
Maybe once a month and the older I get the more I cry. Especially over sad news, tv shows and when I think of sad things. It's most often about something others are going through than about myself.
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Sept 25, 2017 15:19:14 GMT
I used to cry more but after taking Prozac for situational depression, I don't cry near as often. I did cry last Friday when I had to help a foster kitten cross the Rainbow Bridge (it had FIP). Even though she wasn't technically mine, it tore my heart to have to do that. I wasn't even embarrassed about crying in front of the vet and vet tech.
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Post by deshacrafts on Sept 25, 2017 15:22:27 GMT
I'm not someone who cries much. I well up at sappy commercials, weddings, parades (weird I know) those kind of things. But to sit down and have a good cry I can't remember the last time that happened.
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Post by bianca42 on Sept 25, 2017 15:28:43 GMT
My thyroid is completely out of wack right now, so multiple times every day for me. While listening to podcasts or watching TV or reading the news or even reading posts on 2peas. It's pretty redonkulous.
When my thyroid is under control it's usually once or twice a week.
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Post by mom on Sept 25, 2017 15:29:27 GMT
Normally I am not a crier. But this past week I cried a bunch (we had a death in the family and my xFIL was diagnosed with stage 4 inoperable lung cancer).
Since the death of my daughter and my mom, I do allow myself a 'cry day' when the anniversary's come along. I have learned that if I do allow myself a chance to cry before the actual anniversary of their death then I am able to not be so wound up when the day actually comes.
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Sept 25, 2017 15:29:53 GMT
I'm a crier but pretty much any emotion that I feel strongly will create tears... Anger frustration, anxiety. I cry about once a week on average and for me it is very cathartic. Almost like a pressure release. I feel so much better after. But I rarely cry at TV or movies. I have a hard time getting wrapped up in stories that aren't real. I also don't cry when thinking or speaking about people who have passed like my parents. I miss them, but have fond memories of them and prefer to talk about the joyous memories.
My sister, however, cries at the drop of a hat. TV, movies, commercials, the mere mention of a long passed parent.
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Post by Anita on Sept 25, 2017 15:34:28 GMT
Almost never. I lost my beloved dog in February and cried. Before that, it had been many years since I shed a tear. I don't even cry at funerals. I'm just not wired that way, I guess.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Sept 25, 2017 15:35:54 GMT
I'm not a crier. I get teary at movies but that's about it. Deaths obviously make me cry. ETA: When we had to put our sweet boy, Kellie, down in 2012; DH, DS and I cried for days.
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Post by quiltz on Sept 25, 2017 15:39:51 GMT
I don't cry over TV shows or movies, as there are NOT REAL.
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Post by rickmer on Sept 25, 2017 15:48:57 GMT
i cry a lot. i cry when angry, stressed or emotional/sad. i cry when talking about things that are emotional or sad. i cry at commercials and movies....
DS didn't want me to see moana with his class last year because he was worried i would cry in front of his classmates. sure enough, wasn't the preview that damn movie about the dog who dies and then comes back to life several times to different people til he hooks up with the man who owned him as a kid (cried, just from the preview).
it is my least favourite quality about myself. i can cry at a stranger's funeral. i remember mentioning it to a colleague that it was embarrassing and he said his twin sister is the same. then he said something that struck me... he said "don't ever feel badly about crying, it means you care and you have room in your heart for others and their pain. this world would be a better place if more people cried".
and i feel differently about it now. i did take half a xanax at DS's elementary graduation last year, just so he wouldn't be embarrassed.
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Post by Zee on Sept 25, 2017 15:51:53 GMT
I don't cry over TV shows or movies, as there are NOT REAL. But they can be powerful emotional triggers and bring up real-life situations. We all know it's not real and may feel silly for crying about someone dying on TV, but can't help it. Plus you're emotionally dead if you never felt even one tear during The Notebook. I don't cry often. The last time I cried over something in my life was after my cat Vinnie died. And I thought I was cured of crying over Princess Diana's death (more specifically, watching the boys walking after her hearse) but I was wrong, saw it recently and couldn't help myself even though I was laughing at myself for it at the same time. I really have a hard time with kids being orphaned, gets me every time even though both my parents are still alive. I blame Disney.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Sept 25, 2017 15:53:57 GMT
Almost never. The last time I cried was when my Dad died in 2004.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 25, 2017 16:33:04 GMT
Much less since menopause. However I tear up when other people cry. I get teary when the national anthem plays. These all need to be in person, just seeing someone cry on tv or hearing the anthem in tv doesn't work for me. Sometimes classical music will give me chills and get me misty eyed.
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Post by melanell on Sept 25, 2017 16:44:24 GMT
It changes and depends on life itself. Right now, I have had a few years or more when I've probably only cried a few times a year. (Well, crying because of real life. If we count crying because of TV, then my answer is totally different.)
But I've had times in my life when I was crying multiple times a day.
And I've had many other times when I would have given many other answers in between those two as well.
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Post by gar on Sept 25, 2017 16:45:30 GMT
Proper sad cry - rarely, I'm grateful to be able to say. Welling up (tearing up as you'd say) at sad films, emotional stuff on tv - a bit more often 🙂
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Sept 25, 2017 16:47:23 GMT
I'd say from a few times a week to everyday. I am extra emotional and can cry very easily (unless it was when I was on Zoloft, I couldn't cry)
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Post by hop2 on Sept 25, 2017 16:56:37 GMT
Lately more often than I’d care to admit. With the kids off at college and the divorce it’s been a Rocky Road.
OP I’m sorry you also got a great deal on your plate. {{{HUGS}}}
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Sept 25, 2017 16:57:02 GMT
I wasn't a crier until DD was born. Almost 15 years later, I still cry all the freakin' time. Not big cries - but I get teary at movies, TV shows, songs...anything sad, happy, or intense. I also tear up when DD performs or when I get angry.
My last real cry was during a sermon,. The priest was recalling a tent meeting the church had in 2002, and she then she talked about experiences with Hurricane Katrina the next week. For me, the tent meeting was where I got the call that my grandmother had passed away, and Katrina and the months following were a particularly hard time (the hardest) in my life. I still have trouble talking about those months without tearing up, so that one at least makes sense!
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Sept 25, 2017 16:58:30 GMT
I used to be pretty stoic but since my teen daughter had a heart attack I have cried quite a bit. This has been a very challenging year with her healing and recovery, not just physical but also emotional. I am really strong in front of my daughter but with my sister and best friend I just have to let it out. I always feel better after a few tear are shed.
I cried the other day while watching Greys Anatomy when of the characters I love died. Silly I know.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 25, 2017 17:06:07 GMT
cried over someone? 7 years ago when my mom died.
cried over something else? earlier this year. it was over a cheesy movie ending. i was more teary than crying.
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 25, 2017 17:10:36 GMT
I choose a couple of times a month but I'm really somewhere between that and a couple of times a year. I've had 4 friends lose a parent this summer, a little family drama that created an emotional situation and supported our neighbors getting through the first birthday of their DS who took his life last year, so cried way more than usual in the last few months.
I do think crying is cathartic.
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Post by SunnySmile on Sept 25, 2017 17:42:07 GMT
I would say at first thought that I cry a couple times a month. Lately it's been more because of our recent move and some extraordinary drama and stress that occurred with that. I do tear up at the movies, sometimes (rarely) with tv. I can cry out of happiness, anger, anxiety, sadness, depression. I guess that makes me a crier.
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Post by anniefb on Sept 25, 2017 18:35:23 GMT
I'm not a big crier. The last time I remember is a couple of years ago when I fell while out running and scraped up my hands. I might get upset about things in the news but wouldn't actually cry or tear up about them.
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