Crying and shaking

Kids often shake and cry at the same time. I’ve definitely seen friends shake when they cry! I wouldn’t know about myself as can’t see what I’m doing when that distressed.

This.

Count yourself lucky you’ve never been in a situation where this has happened. Imagine something devastating and shocking all at the same time. this is what your body would do.

On a lighter note I have definitely snorted tea through my nose while laughing. It was grim.

Twice in my life I shook involuntarily and cried and both were shock related. I've also had a few panic attacks but didn't really shake at those, more unable to breathe and overcome with stress.

All were awful moments that I would never like to repeat.

I just remembered one time when I was on a school residential trip and we had to rock climb and I was very afraid of heights.

I was definitely shaking and crying then!!!

I had this, I had a horrible traumatic event, was shaking uncontrollably for a few days, could not stop, had to get tranquilizers, and during this period also cried on and off so yes, was doing both at the same time.

I always remember the first time I worked in an SEND school and a huge 6’4” 16yo boy kicked off and started shouting loudly and throwing stuff around the room.

It wasn’t even directed at me but I remember shaking so much and my heart was racing.

I remember getting upset and telling the staff I couldn’t do it.
They were lovely and I ended up staying and then the more I was exposed to it, the less it bothered me.
So much so that I have been physically attacked multiple times and worked in prisons.

I think it’s your fight, flight or freeze responses kicking in and if it’s a new experience your body just reacts.

My dad was also ver volatile growing up and anytime anyone started shouting I would go back to when I was a child.

You should never feel ashamed of how your body reacts to different situations.

This…. It’s the only time I’ve ever experienced shaking and crying together. Wouldn’t wish it on anyone

The only time I remember shaking, that wasn't from cold, was when I was in a car accident. I wasn't crying though.

I've never cried so much it made me shake. I'm not much of a crier. I'm more likely to cry and shake out of anger.

If you have a panic attack you do.

I cry with laughter all of the time!

I can’t laugh without crying it’s so embarrassing.

I also regularly snort out my drink if someone makes me laugh when drinking it.

Its more embarrassing when you’re not drinking and you snort out snot which I have several times too.

I shake when something scary has just happened (like a small car crash fortunately never been in a big one), near miss, huge argument/fight, been hit.

I guess it’s adrenaline like a PP pointer out.

I sometimes cry too but if I’m just crying because I’m sad then I don’t tend to shake.

I did start shaking and crying when my partner died. It was a massive shock. That’s the only time though. My whole body wasn’t shaking, but my hands were.

I’m not sure I understand your point. Do you mean you don’t believe people? Surely you don’t think because you haven’t experienced something it doesn’t happen?

Like another poster, I work in an ICU. I assure you it happens.

Yes they can. My daughter saw a rat in her garden and I ran into the living room crying and shaking because I have a phobia of them.

Seen it happen to myself and others at funerals. It happens due to shock.

I cry at anything remotely sad or happy. I'm very emotional.
I hate it, because it's really embarrassing.
My best friend gave me some lovely news earlier about her old neighbour who I've met briefly, about 13 years ago.
Cried like a bloody baby.

If I'm scared I shake, if I'm angry I cry.

I have a laugh like a burly docker complete with deeply unattractive snort. Definitely no tinkly laugh or spitting tea. If something gets me laughing hysterically I have proper big tears and get a stitch in my belly. And a bit of wee because 4 kids, what can you do?

OP I think some posters feel you are 'mocking' because of the apparent tone of your OP. It does appear to be taking the piss out of those who have had a different trauma response to you. That's not what you intended, it's perhaps just poorly worded.

I would think extreme trauma can make someone cry and shake simultaneously.
Always lots of crying and shaking on social media, usually when someone has had their lip fillers botched or their turkey teeth fell out 😉

When I'm very upset/in the middle of a traumatic situation I tend to shake rather than cry, so can imagine that someone might do both

Yes, it is possible but I think the expression is overused.

I had this multiple times over a month long period when I thought I was going to lose my child (and was told to expect this). It was a trauma response and not something I think would be possible to fake or mistaken for something else.

After a car accident - I was crying as I was in pain, and shaking as I was in shock

Exactly, I don’t want to share my trauma and believe you me I used to think I handled stress like a total boss and went through a fair amount of it in my teens with family suicides.

But this one thing that happened made me not know my own body at all. It took over in a major stress response, it was five years ago and I still struggle at times. Someone earlier mentioned their friend throwing up, I never used to throw up, now I do it not quite on the regular but when work is hard I have to go to loo because the urge to be sick is overwhelming. It all stems from one incident, as does the limb weakness. I’m not physically or mentally frail, I just has a shit thing happen that totally ‘reset’ my body (for want of a better word and not in a positive way). I just hope I can get back to who I was. I still work, on the outside I look the same, but I am afraid now.

The examples people are giving here are pretty serious to be fair. Clearly it happens to some people in extreme trauma & not others. That's not a judgement or competition on whose trauma is worse it's just different responses & something people don't have a choice in.

C|N>K

Means
Coffee
Piped through nose
Sent to keyboard

C is coffee
n is nose
K is keyboard
| is the pipe symbol (ie send the previous thing to)
> is redirect output to keyboard

I have but as people have said stress response.

I have this stupid reaction to opening up and office I work at. You have 20 seconds to do multiple actions or you set the alarm off. Every time I do it I am shaking uncontrollably.

I cry when frustrated and shake as I try to hold it in.

Hormones are a b*ch