do you ever have a little cry?

[knittedbreast]

do you? ever have a private little moment where you just cry for a bit and feel better afterwards?

I do very occassionaly and its not because of something specific, it just comes out.

am wondering if im alone

Yeah, me too.

It's cathartic.

Nope, I need an immediate reason to cry.

The thought of crying for no reason is a bit odd to me, but if it makes you feel better then why not?

so you could only cry if you were told awful news about family etc?

Sometimes I wish I did it more. It is a fantastic tension reliever. When I am pre-menstrual I often cry at the most ridiculously corny TV programmes and immediately feel better for it

Joins the 'lachrymal group'... :)

RIPSambuccaKelly... that episode of Waterloo Road was the last thing I cried at.

Generally, I don't cry for no reason but if there's something generally upsetting me, it's easy to have a bit of a wallow. Cathartic and makes my eyes extra green too..

Yup - though I do need some sort of trigger, I can't just cry over nothing. The trigger can be really minor though like an ad on TV. I do find it cathartic.

Apparently our body uses crying as a way to excrete excess hormones so it would make sense that we feel better afterwards. (There was an experiment where they measured the hormone content of "crying" tears against that of "chopping onions" tears and it was far, far greater).

I do and I feel tons better. Lately been crying alot more as my dogs ill and it's coming up to my moms anniversary.

I stupidly googled what my dog as lastnight which I shouldn't have and that got me crying all night and zero sleep :(
Not a happy bunny today

whats wrong with your dog? dont google illness, itl scare you

(((pumpernickel))) hope your dog gets better soon

Doesn't have to be that extreme, but I am not much of a cryer at all really.

I get angry quite easily though.

I am a 'fixer' so when something upsetting happens I try to sort it out, if I can't sort it out, I get pissed off.

Different strokes.

I do sometimes - my dh doesn't understand it. He thinks there should be a proper reason

but I do have little crying sessions. Not often (too busy with dcs) but I also feel so much better afterwards. I just wish I could do it on demand too relieve stress but I can't force myself.

I rarely cry, and could never cry over nothing at all. I can't remember the last time I properly cried, probably when I had to leave my twins in hospital over a year ago.

I remember crying the day my surrogate twins went home and I cried when my mum died but other than that there are very few occasions.

No. Well, I have just lately (bereaved) but not in normal rl.

But I always cry when I hear Elvis Costello singing She.

to relieve stress

i cry at everything except sad/shocking news. i cry at cartoons (bambi/lion king/ nemos mum!!) i cry at sad stories on the news i sometimes just go ben our bedroom and have a wee sob to myself when im extra hormonal. i try to have the hormonal crys whilst OH is out cos i think they scare him!!!! think most of the time just now its my PG hormones making me more succeptible to the tears :) feel great after a big bawl tho

Pumpernickel... Sorry about your dog. :(

I weep at the thought of losing mine too and I know it will happen.

I wouldn't cry at my own mothers funeral, I fund random crying hard to understand to be honest.

I almost never cry, but did have good sob last tuesday, I saw my sixteen year old in a proper grown up suit for the first time, we went to buy the suit for him for his graduation ball, I had no idea I was going to react that way, just seeing him all grown up made me well up.

OP, in answer to your question, yes, and you are definitely not alone
I think it's mainly hormones.... makes it easier to explain to DP! (although I try to avoid it when he's around)

Oh god zlaya that made ME well up!!!

I often cry on waking up, which is really embarrassing and upsetting for my DD if she has come in to wake me.

that made me cry too zyla, i wont be able to around my son at his graduation. il ask for photos instead

knittedbreast, sometimes I look it him, like that day and I wonder my god how did he get so big and strong, is this the product of me and then I feel ever so proud for everything he is and everything he will be in life, that is the kids for you, undying love.