Forgotten how to cry...

[Joker]

Okay, I am not lucky in love and so I often to suffer from heartbreak or something similar...

Now when I was younger I was known as a crybaby and I was, and so over my teenage years I just taught myself not to cry at anything and now I've forgotten how to cry...

The problem with this is that crying is such a vent that can help you get over certain troubles, but now I feel like I am bottling them in. I feel like I am about to cry and begin welling up, but the tears never come out...it feels like something scratching my eyes...

I have spent the last two years trying to remember how to cry but I have had no luck...has anyone been in a similar situation...

[Cain]

Okay, I am not lucky in love and so I often to suffer from heartbreak or something similar...

Now when I was younger I was known as a crybaby and I was, and so over my teenage years I just taught myself not to cry at anything and now I've forgotten how to cry...

The problem with this is that crying is such a vent that can help you get over certain troubles, but now I feel like I am bottling them in. I feel like I am about to cry and begin welling up, but the tears never come out...it feels like something scratching my eyes...

I have spent the last two years trying to remember how to cry but I have had no luck...has anyone been in a similar situation...

You don't forget how to cry. You just work on making sure you don't. I do the same thing.

[DoesntMatter]

I haven't cried in ages either, I think the last time was 3 years ago when my grandpa almost died but I can't remember

But I found for myself, and I think this holds for a lot of guys, is that as you get older you kind of outgrow crying naturally. I felt like it was a pretty natural transition when I realized I didn't tear up at things. I have a feeling that without forcing yourself to hold back you would have arrived at the same place to some extent

Personally I just get kind of glum and tired at sad things that would have made me cry as a kid

[Cain]

I haven't cried in a little while, but there's been a few times in the last year that I have teared up. Each time was when I was having to leave my gf for another month. I think everyone needs to be a little teared up every now and then.

[bluesummer]

I don't think it's healthy to never cry. I read a study somewhere that said crying once in awhile is actually a natural stress reliever.

You men are stressing yourselves out to try and mold your self to some macho image. I wish you'd stop it.

[Aegis]

If you're a guy, and you don't cry but for when you're faced with losing someone very special to you (death, significant other leaving, etc), you're probably like 95% of the other guys out there. Whether it's good, bad, unhealthy, wimpy, too-aloof or whatever, I think it's basically status quo.

[DoesntMatter]

I don't think it's healthy to never cry. I read a study somewhere that said crying once in awhile is actually a natural stress reliever.

You men are stressing yourselves out to try and mold your self to some macho image. I wish you'd stop it.

No, women just don't know what it's like to be a guy

[shh!]

Why would someone try to make themselves cry for no reason other than to see themselves cry?

I am a relatively easy crier. I consider it a weakness, and I wish I had better control of it (although I manage OK in public). Thank god I am female so I can get away with it.

[Mish]

I have spent the last two years trying to remember how to cry but I have had no luck...

Have you tried cutting onions? Do you cry then?

[starbuck]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4nsI02gnUk"]YouTube - Dane Cook-Crying[/ame]

[lesa]

I was brought up thinking that crying was a weakness. My family taught us to not cry and I haven't cried since I was a small child. All through adolecence I did not cry. I have NEVER seen my mother cry and think it would probably destory me. A very sensitive and caring man actually taught me a few years ago that it was okay to cry. It is one of the best life lesson I have learned. It is not a weakness to cry in privacy. Now, I probably cry too darn much but interestingly I am much much happier letting out my emotions in privacy than when I held them in. I feel better now even when I am sad, if that makes sense. I think holding in your emotions is what leads to depressions and other emotional issues. Don't ever hold it in...just don't do it in public unless you really have to. I admire a man that understands and expresses his emotions.

[1averagejoe]

I see absolutely no reason to fight crying in privacy. If you feel like crying you're probably stressed about something, and crying is a great stress reliever. I'm not ashamed to admit I do cry.

But only when it's for significant reasons.

[bluesummer]

I don't understand why people see crying as a weakness. I think an inability to admit to feeling emotion is a weakness.

I don't think people should cry at every small thing that happens to them, and definitely not in public. But if you are alone and are dealing with something truly sad or stressful in your life, it's healthy to cry. Holding it in is NOT healthy. It compounds your anxiety.

[Only-virgins]

God damn why is Dane Cook just not funny anymore. His first shit was brilliant and than BAM...he sucks.

[lesa]

I agree bluesummer. The inability to admit emoton is a weakness to me. It is also a sign that the person is not completely emotionally stable...and I need to avoid them.