What is wrong with me? Is anybody else like this?

[17caterpillars1mouse]

Ok my AIBU is am i unreasonable to react like this? What is wrong with me?

Is anybody else like this?

In day to day life I wouldnt say i'm anymore emotional than the average person, but in certain situations I get this ridiculous over emotion that floods me and results in me starting to cry and have to bite my lip to try and stop myself making a scene. It feels incontrollable at times and I dont remember always being like this.

The situations -

weddings and funerals starting - maybe not as unusual but it happens even if i barely know the person / people

Any kind of show - theatre, cinema, gig, kids nativity, especially if there is singing and music but there doesnt have to be

Every year when the year 6s leave at my kids school, even if i dont know any of them. Also school sports day even when my kids aren't participating in the race.

I cant sing along to the radio in the car without getting choked up and starting to cry. It doesnt matter what the song is / is about

Watching a parade at the weekend, had to hold back the tears - no idea why

When ambulances drive past, not every time, but around 70% of the time.

I don't know what comes over me and why, just a complete flooding of emotion. Why am i like this? It can be very embarrassing

I'm not at all like this. I hardly ever cry and I'm not big into romantic gestures etc either. I wonder do you keep momentos, which I never do? But, I see this as just the things that gives interest to the world. Some of us are like you. Some of us are like me. Neither are better, we are all just different.

I have a trick that helps me stop blushing when I'd rather not (at least I think it's helping!), which is to try to make myself blush. Perhaps that would help here too? Consciously try to make yourself cry as you feel yourself well up - it might derail the autonomous processes. 😁

You sound like a candidate for Primal Scream Therapy.

Seriously, if you are worried about how you react emotionally. See a Counsellor or Therapist for some guidance and reassurance

Hope this helps..

Sounds like peri menopause or lack of oestrogen .

Unfortunately, yes @17caterpillars1mouse I can empathise! About 15 years ago I had a few months on Prozac and it completely numbed me to all emotions, it was a relief to not be biting back tears all the time and I felt much more confident in social situations knowing I wouldn’t feel overcome with emotion.
Now, I’m back to sobbing at parades, especially if there’s bagpipes, fffs I have no explanation for this! On the brightside, my DP is even worse than me and tears up regularly over football and properly sobs over war hero stories.

Pretty standard stuff, I'd say. Why wouldn't you be moved by obviously emotional situations? If you're baseline mood is okay, crack on. You feel things deeply, but that's not necessarily negative unless it bothers you in which case CBT may really help you. If your general mood is low see your G.P.

Ditto! Been exactly like this for years and it's getting worse as I get older. If people are singing our National Anthem and I try to join in I am unconsolable (I'm Welsh)

I’m the same, cry at weddings, school plays, funerals. I also see the Beauty in situations which can move me to tears too. I have a lot of empathy for people and am moved by others tough situations too. It’s a very human response, I’m glad I am tuned into my emotions.