Is it normal to turn into a crier as you get older?

[FluffyPinkSocks]

I’m 43, have the usual stress and strain of life like everyone else. I would have considered myself to be emotionally balanced, however this year and esp as the months go on, I find that I cry at everything. Whether it’s something I see on TV or read about. Even if some one starts chatting about something random I feel myself welling up. Now I don’t do blubbering tears that much 🙈 but I just feel like I can cry at the drop of a hat. A close friend got some bad news during the week so I ordered her some flowers to cheer her up, I was crying on the phone while ordering them 😬 am I a weird? Is it normal to become more emotional as you get older?

This year has been shit though, you might think you are emotionally balanced but really, it would be odd not to be affected by everything that’s going on.

Yes v normal. Perimenopausal hormonal changes can mess up your emotions.

Plausible reasons have already been offered but I also think we develop more empathy as we get older as a result of our own life experiences so we find other people's pain and joy much more relatable.

I don't think it's anything to worry about unless it's getting you down.

I think that many of us get more tearful as we get older - we've been through more experiences, possibly loss too and some of those things, especially the latter, just can't be put right. I blub at sentimental things, sad stuff, that's the way it is. We hopefully become kinder as we can understand another person's pain - all part of being human.

It's peri menopause.
You're either furious or crying.

I fluctuate between the two.....

Interestingly I cry less than I used to - I put it down to having gone through some heartbreaking years when I thought I would never stop crying (multiple miscarriages), and having had the worst happen, so many times, somehow other things don't affect me as much as they did before.

What does move me to tears with very little provocation is DS (who finally arrived ) being sad about something, especially the tough bits of growing up that I just can't fix for him.

I've always thought that crying is a good thing - our emotions boil over/seep out for good reason - so no need to feel bad about it @FluffyPinkSocks, you're just letting off a little emotional steam!

I cry all the time. Even cried when the feather and bowling ball fell at the same rate in the vacuum chamber in the Brian Cox programme I was watching the other day.