Crying- how can I stop?

[Triostar]

I cry so easily. Generally at emotional things- books/films/adverts. Random stuff. Stories people tell me that are sad. When other people are crying. Pathos. Commemoration. People suffering their own bereavements.

I have always been like this and would like to not be. How can I stop?

I feel it's really embarrassing when people tell me their sad news. It's like I am taking their sad stories and making them about me.

I do too

I cry when I'm happy, sad, frustrated, angry, tired, hungry and for loads of reasons I just can't figure out - I hate it too

You're an empath. Rejoice in it!

I’m the same OP, I’ve no idea what to do about it either 😂I guess at least it shows we have empathy. I think it’s because I’m a bit unemotional/restrained in everyday life so then it all comes spilling out. Maybe we need to express ourselves more…

I've been like this all my life. I'm still emotional and easy to cry if I hear sad or happy things but when I was younger I used to cry if I had to speak with my manager or have a difficult conversation. It was so embarrassing. Interestingly that side of things stopped as I headed towards menopause.

Are you? Do you think that might be the reason you cry so much? Perhaps you hyper-project their sadness onto yourself somehow. Not selfishly, of course.

Whatever the case, you are who you are and maybe you should be more accepting of yourself.

I don't think I am because I make a huge effort not to. But I just think how rubbish am I if someone has come to tell me something that is worrying them and then they end up comforting me (that has never happened though)

I've become worse with peri-menopause but I have always cried at brass bands, people singing together, really happy things, sad things, anything to do with animals being hurt, can't even think about when Dumbo is taken away from his mum without welling-up, the list goes on.
You can try slowing your heart rate down with deep breathing but, other than that, I've yet to find a fix,