To think a lot of OPs seem to cry at the drop of a hat in life?

[OldFan]

I mean, I know we can't believe all we read on here, and some of them could be completely made up threads and the person claiming they're crying to add to the drama factor.

But a lot of them seem really grizzly, don't they? (I don't mean any one thread.)

I think I cried once in the last few years or something- the other week when my block was flooded and everyone was evacuated. I was storing my best friend's stuff, some of it books that are worth thousands, and thought they might be damaged/devalued. Thankfully all was ok in the end.

Crying or not crying is simply the amount to which you feel comfortable/able or uncomfortable/unable to express emotions.

@wheresmymojo I get what you mean and you've all made some interesting points.

But I do think that maybe the amount someone cries can be a reflection of their emotional continence or resilience sometimes (if it's just in a response to normal life stressors.)

I say that as someone who's not the most naturally resilient person, I've had to/have to work at it.

Crying is good for you to an extent.

@ananass True, it's all a matter of proportion I guess. And I understand that someone can be going through a rough time.

I cry at hearing brass bands, Christmas shopping is a sobfest.

I'm a cryer and its fucking exhausting. I have no control over it, any kind of heightened emotions causes me to cry and it's so hard to be taken seriously during a discussion when confrontation immediately sets it off. If I get angry I cry, if I get frustrated I cry. I grew up in a neglectful and abusive home and I dont seem to react "normally" to heightened stress. I also have several anxiety and I very neurotic personality. I am so jealous of all the non criers 😂 but please dont think it reflects a lack of resilience, I have gritted my teeth and got through some incredibly difficult times I just have a bloody annoying tendency to cry a fair amount.

The number of people who are ‘sobbing’ or ‘sat shaking’ over absolute foolishness on here is ridic. It’s so cringey.

I grew up in a neglectful home and a deeply abusive one, due to that, I’d not give you a pass. I’d love to say I would..but honestly. I would not. I’d think it not that bad, a passenger in some way.

So..some people are more sensitive than others.

Not really that hard to understand, is it?!

No, not if you think it’s that simple.

"@Endlesssummer2022 The number of people who are ‘sobbing’ or ‘sat shaking’ over absolute foolishness on here is ridic. It’s so cringey".

Omg. Yes! It is just so ridiculous what people cannot cope with anymore. We are just about to hold the funeral service of my 88 yr old MIL next Tuesday. In her lifetime, she saw 3 of her elder brothers serve in the 2nd world world war, had ATS girls stationed in their house as a means for her mum to make money, she had to give up her bedroom and some food for them. Lost her only sister in the late 30's,
when her sister was aged only 7 to TB . Her mum was broken at that point and war had not even broken out yet . She spent hours and hours and hours as a child , in a bomb shelter. Lived on rations for nye on 2 decades and spent the first 23 yrs of her life wiping her arse on old newspaper/ or whatever was available and, bathing once a week.

Remarkable outstanding woman.

"A pass" for what exactly? I am incredibly successful and independent person who cries occasionally, I dont particularly want and certainly dont need the approval or validation from a rando from the internet

I do cry a lot. Since I had my kids, any human interest story tends to make me a bit leaky!

I don't tend to mention it here though, it feels very self important to talk about a sad event that is happening to someone else and to say it made me cry.

I cry a lot but am extremely resilient.

I’m a crier, I can’t help it and I don’t do it for attention. In fact I HATE people seeing me cry and will do anything I can to keep it hidden, because I don’t want people thinking I’m pathetic. I don’t think it makes me less emotionally resilient than other people, it just seems to be the way emotion manifests itself in me. I don’t think it’s because I spend too much time with my children 😂.