Crying

Have you ever just cried for no reason? I never used to be much of a crier at all, until last year. I don't know why, but today I just felt like crying all night. Maybe it's because I've been going through a lot lately or whatever, but I always found it odd that sometimes, I'd feel sad or like crying and I couldn't pinpoint exactly what made me feel that way.

Have any of you guys ever felt this way? When/Why was the last time you cried?

For some odd reason, I "cry" when I laugh moreso than when I get sad. It would take alot to make me weep from rue and as far as that goes, very few people have been capable of doing so. For some reason, I always saw crying out of sorrow as a weak thing - I mean, as odd as this sounds, I don't care if someone else does it, but I could never live with myself if I were to do so in turn.

Considering I laugh a lot, I think the last time I cried was yesterday.

Too grim to cry.

Though in all seriousness, no. I actually haven't cried in a long time, and even then it was usually for a pretty good reason. I mean, my life is going well enough that I'm not going to curl up into a ball in my cold, dark room and have myself a good cry for no particular reason.

I've had times where I've cried for no reason. Haven't done it in awhile, but you're not alone.

I cry very often. I had a dry time between the age of 7 to 19 when I perhaps only cried 2 times, but since the age of 19, I've turned into a heavy crier. I do cry for unknown reasons, for sad reasons, and also for happy reasons or moments of overwhelming magnificence. The last time I cried was probably Saturday night.

I can't really recall the last time I did. Well, out of sadness. But I cried last Tuesday out of laughter. I forgot what was so **** funny. Maybe Judge will remember(he was the one that caused such).

But to answer your question, I've always had a good reason to cry. I've never just sat here and for no reason felt the need to cry. Sorry buddy.

EDIT: I REMEMBERED! It was the thought of Derick being on the show Trading Spouses talking about how he posts on this site called "VGC" and this blog on the site called "DA" and how he is a "Mod" there and does a thing called "posting" and "bans" people from said blog. I fukken BOL'D at him saying that on TV.

For some reason, up to 12 years old, I cried whenever my parents gave me **** for something. Now, the only that will actually make me cry will be the death of someone in my family...

Not emo enough to cry without reason. Sorry.

This varies for me. I used to never cry at sad movies (from my first memory of watching a sad movie up until I was around nine years old), and then it's like something just switched in me, when even in movies that I knew were just movies and that it probably wouldn't really happen that way, I'd tear up - though I'd never actually cry. I remember my first "tearjerker" movie - "Homeward Bound" (shush :mad:). Even in something like "The Lion King", I thought that Mufasa was going to come back (which he kinda did), so I never cried.

About non-movie times, it's pretty difficult for me to cry. I don't know why that is... deaths never really made me cry (even when I was really close to the person), but that might be because I've always believed they're going to a better place and reuniting with their loved ones. Other times, this isn't a very good way to be - my senior year of high school, I was on-stage, having a farewell concert to the underclassmen in Show Choir. When we were finished, they sang a song to us, and all of the seniors in Show Choir started to cry - except for me. I made a sympathetic face and all, but I just couldn't muster up the ability to cry on cue - and thus, was perceived to be a ***** by the audience ("Why weren't you crying? Aren't you sad that you're leaving them?!" I actually was asked this by complete strangers).

OF COURSE, there's also family matters - I always used to cry when my dad would get angry at me. He didn't even have to yell - just sensing that he was merely disappointed in me made me tear up and apologize immediately. Through the years, however, various things added up that caused me to not care as much. One, I sort of became immune to the constant negativity and inability to be pleased; two, he would say the same thing over and over again most of the time, which would become too redundant to be effective; and three, I grew up and realized that about 99% of the time, he's wrong, and deserved to be yelled at himself. So even with that, I don't cry.

Lately, I think I've just become too cynical and in a "well, that doesn't surprise me" attitude to actually cry over something. I used to be the type of person to cry over something, when I didn't even know what it was that was bothering me (if anything at all), and I always felt that it was good to cry (I used to a lot), but I honestly don't remember the last time I had tears stre- oh, yeah I do. It was a couple weeks ago, heh. Anyway, besides that time, it's been pretty rare.


k, and if you skipped over all of that, I'll just sum this up by saying that the only time I really cry is when I laugh, since I do that a lot. People get annoyed sometimes at how much I laugh. It's supposed to be contagious, not annoying :(

I do. I guess it's mostly because I don't want to cry. Sometimes, I'll just be sitting alone and I'll cry for no reason; the reasons seem to come after the tears have already fallen. It's strange to me. :(

I don't cry very often at all. I think the last time I cried was last August. I have to become extremely overwhelmed with emotion to end up in tears, and most of the time, I'm not. Though, the occasions in which I've felt like crying are much more frequent.

But honestly, I don't see how it's possible to cry without reason. There has got to be a reason you're feeling so strongly, yes?

[quote=Raptor]I don't cry very often at all. I think the last time I cried was last August. I have to become extremely overwhelmed with emotion to end up in tears, and most of the time, I'm not. Though, the occasions in which I've felt like crying are much more frequent.

I didn't know that wolves had the physical ability to shed tears BUT ANYWAYS... no, I haven't cried any time recently that was caused by some form of emotional problem. It's usually just some physical reason, like it being very hot outside, or a natural reaction to being punched in the gut.

[quote]But honestly, I don't see how it's possible to cry without reason. There has got to be a reason you're feeling so strongly, yes?

Ever tried making onion soup? :(

Decided to stop crying quite a few years ago. I never feel sad enough to cry anymore, and if I do, I vent it out a different way.

Primarily, it was because I did so much that I gave myself a headache, but later I just plain decided that the taste of tears is not for me. Or something like that. But I can still look like I am whenever I yawn. I hate that. Everytime I yawn, I can feel tears seeping out and people will be like "Why are you crying?".

once I cried from watching the movie " I am Sam" but never cried for no reason before :S

although I think I might know the reason for wanting to cry without a reason...P.M.S

There may always be a reason, but finding that reason isn't always easy or even possible. Something that you didn't even consciously notice may have triggered something that results in tears. Scientology has some interesting thoughts on this. I believe The Silent Birth method is constructed around the idea.

The Silent Birth?

I haven't cried since I saw Old Yeller when I was four. After that, I nearly cried when (if you haven't seen/read Where The Red Fern Grows, I suggest you not highlight the blank spot to the right) [spoiler]Big Dan and Little Ann[/spoiler] died, but I didn't shed a tear.

I sometimes get watery eyes in school and it makes me look like I cried. I really don't know why it happens. Sometimes I have something in my eye and I begin to tear up. But other then that I have no idea why it happens.

^ When I look at people sweat, cry, or if something is in my eyes, my eyes would start to water up.

[quote=Lord of Spam]Not emo enough to cry without reason. Sorry.
Clever.

I'm surprised someone brought this up. :p
No I don't mean to sound like a *****.


I had one freak out this one sumemr, where I would start shaking a lot and everything got real cold and then I couldn't stop crying. There wasn't any reason behind it at all it just happened at once. It was a normal but borring day and the sun was up in the sky.

...
Oh wait, it might've been those **** Zolofts I took.
(6 100 mgs of Zoloft = mess you up big time)

I always wanted to be the town crier.

Anyway, real men show no emotion.

Unless they're on drugs right?

I used to cry all the time, at like everything, until this year or last or year or so. I just...don't cry anymore. Strange, I used to be the biggest cryer in the world. More than any guy I knew, anyway. >_>

The last time I cried, which was actually only a week or so ago, was when my Grandma died when I was in the hospital. I didn't even cry at the funeral, even though I felt terrible.

I can't go to funerals. Every time I would go it would remind me of my grandfather's when I was a youngin'. At that funeral I had myself a good ol' time like he would've wanted it to be. Now everytime I go to a funeral I can't stop laughing. I don't think I take things in so serious.

REAL MEN DON'T CRY

Unless you get injected with Novacain in the eye and you have no choice but to cry, right?

Or the equivilent... listening to Hawthorne Height's sweet and soothing lyrics. :rolleyes:

I've cried for books, movies, and even the occasional videogame. I never cry for myself, though, no matter how awful I feel. I can't say if this is a good or bad thing.

I usually only cry out of grievance/self-pity once or twice a year, or sometimes not at all for more than a year.
I don't like to... it doesn't feel good to me, just gives me a headache. The only things that make me cry are times when so many things happen in a row that I lose control of my emotions after they've been worn down for a while.

However, when my grandfather died, I cried. This is strange, because I only say him about 6 times, and he didn't like kids at all, so he'd just sit there. He was also too weak to do much of anything... I think I cried when I heard that he died for my dad, because I knew that he never had a good relationship with his dad(my grandfather).

It is possible to discard certain emotions. I don't think one could discard all emotions, but one certainly has the power to alter their perspectives on certain things and make themselves care less or not at all regarding certain aspects. You can repress feelings and memories. You can overcome past struggles and trauma. I've been doing some severe repressing of my own lately and although I didn't want to do it, it is something that will be better, hopefully, if I do. It is repressing that has been suggested I do, and I promised I would do my best to do it. And you know what, I have been doing really good with it. It is amazing how quickly I was able to control that feeling of mine and push it back. I'm not fooling myself into thinking I have removed it entirely because I know I have not, but I have decreased the power it held over me from before.

I don't usually for made up scinerios, although one or two may have let a tear fall.
I usually cry out of depression if my life is being a *****. Because no matter how I hate it, I am a girl. (Entire crowd gasps XD)
Although I don't let people see it. I cry in the shower, so even if I have tearstains left over, no one can tell the difference. [/clever]

For some reason, I also tend to cry often in the shower. I think that's because, at the end of the day, that's when I start reflecting on certain matters that may trigger crying. The rest of the day is usually too distracting to get myself into deep contemplation.

I was thinking about happy thoughts the other day and how excited I was about upcoming events that I just started crying about it. I had a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I wasn't at all laughing to the point of tearing up, just crying out of happiness. I rarely laugh myself to tears.

No one's around to see me cry anyway. People distract me from crying. I don't try to hide my tears. If I was going to cry and someone was there, I'd probably just cry, but I suppose it depends. I know I cry more than the average guy, but I accept it and actually enjoy it. I was so relieved when I started crying again.

I understand what you mean perfectly. I'm really into this type of stuff. We are on the same page when it comes to such things. I didn't want to repress my feelings at all and I thought it was silly to do so. In many ways, I still do. I would have never done this to myself, but it meant a lot to someone else, so I decided to undergo it for their sake and hope for the best for the both of us. It felt unnatural and wrong to do that to myself. Now that I have done it, I still feel there was wrong in it that may alter the future of me and my connection with that feeling. I'd hate to see that feeling of mine tweaked the wrong way forevermore. That would be detrimental for me and others in my life. Repressing feelings and memories does tend to alter your outlook on them, though, so you have to be careful when it comes to it. There are some feelings that may be too powerful in a negative way and perhaps it is a good idea to weaken them and make them less controlling and significant in your life. You don't want old memories causing trauma in your current life to the point of distressing you and those around you who care about you. It's a tricky, psychological thing that must be approached with extreme caution and guidance.

Repression will cause me to spontaneously combust one day. :)

Something about your GF [if you don't mind my asking]. I remember you seemed happy a few months back.

I don't tend to cry. I can feel sad, or depressed, but I always surpress it. I hate it when I do that, but I have to. I can't shed tears, not in my family. Crying, in my family means your a baby, or a wuss. Sometimes I wan't to cry, to let go of my emotions in crying but I can't. I always have to let my emotions go out of me in rage.

I have you on my AIM list - but it never said you were on. :X I usually just shrug off my problems - I just could never cry, even if I had to cry, I would make sure no one is around to see it.

I don't cry very often at all. Nothing ever makes me sad enough to cry. :(

Oh, and no, I've never cried without a reason.

Sometimes I cry without a reason, and I feel so stupid but it's normal in a life of a teenager(for I am one).:dunno:

I cry often. Mostly due to stress, though. Then, something incredibly tiny will set me off.

Fiction has never made me cry. Ever.

I'm manic depressive, but I never actually weep when I'm in a downer. I've actually been on a high for the past few months, but there was a whole year of my life filled with nothing but sadness - late 2003 to late 2004 - not the typical teen angst you'll usually get considering my life seemed to be genuinely falling apart at that stage (I was essentially homeless, my parents split up, my mother went... well, that's not for here), but I was overbearingly depressed for a very, very long time and there were a few occasions on which I wept bitterly. Since then I've had spells of rage (MAJORLY so) but I've not cried since January 2004. It took a long time to bring me out of that one.

Um...guys...newsflash, this just in: REAL MEN DON'T CRY!!!!! :D:D:D:D

Last time I cried at a movie was when I was a little kid, I cried when Darth Vader was cremated in Return of the Jedi. Rack me.

Nowadays, I really don't cry that often. I'd say I have maybe three times in the past two years.

I used to do it a lot for no reason, but now it's very rare, but I won't say there arn't times when it happens.

Sometimes I'm just in a sore mood for no reason, it stinks when that happens. Now I find that whenever I'm depressed I can just pop in some sort of shooting computer or console game and let it all out that way. XD

Yes, I have cried for no reason. But I don't let people see me when I cry- only one person has seen me cry in the last four years, and, coincidentally, he was the last person I wanted to see me cry. But that time i had a reason: my friend was dying, and in the hospital, but I could not go to her.

Nowadays, I don't have many reasons to cry. It sucks. My mother thinks I might have depression, and she may be right, but I don't know. Point is, yeah, I do that alot.

I don't really cry for no reason, I've cried and not known why, but there was a reason, I guarentee it.

As for the last time I cried, it was last week when I was contemplating the death of my best friend and the death of my dog (both at once, my best friend has Cystic Fybrosis, and my dog is old, going blind, and has respiratory infections). I cry here and there, but mostly at **** like that, **** I don't need to think about, don't want to think about, but sometimes do.

dont cry try to take it out with aggression makes you look like less of a sissy
i tear up when im staring at the screen like a retard 4 several hours and when things die but i get over it preety quickly IF YOU EVER CRY OVER YOUR EX YOUR A PUNK*****

^ Disagree'd.

On suppressing emotions: I consider it using tact to not cry or flare in rage whenever I feel like it. I usually take a moment to decide if the people around me really need to see me cry(nevar), and I realize that using violence against another person will only make things worse for everyone 99% of the time. I felt like crying just a moment ago, I'm going through a very stressful time(first in... about 5 months). Instead of crying, which just didn't come naturally and seemed a waste of time, I prayed, honestly. I prayed for peace, because life goes on no matter what is happening. I've got things I need to do, and being worried isn't going to help anyone. I've just got to wait in peace. It's funny, because lately I've been thinking about how praying won't do anything for me(it has recently seemed to fail me), but it appears to have helped me a lot today. Also, I let out my emotions through music. Almost any kind of singing makes me feel better, and just listening to music helps me to clarify my thoughts so I can be productive.

Aesthetic got it right about how time heals hurts. Reflection helps me a lot. I don't take life too fast, as in, I always have a long time of calm thinking before taking an action that will change my life. I hate when life is being shot at you 10 rounds a second.

The last time I cried was earlier this year. I bought a packet of rubber bands, and the smell reminded me forcibly of my grandfather, who died a few years ago. It was the first time I'd cried for him.

The time before that, I think, was some time before, when a girlfriend crashed her bike, came crying to me, and I made a joke about it. She didn't think it was very funny, stormed off home, and I thought the relationship was dead.

I can't really remember any other times. I haven't really cried, apart from the above two, since I entered puberty.

I felt like crying today for no reason today

but I didn't

Was it because of your
PERIOD?

as a real man i don't think i've ever participated in this activity.