Does anyone else struggle to cry?

[tapetum_lucidum]

I feel like as badly as I want to cry recently, I can't. In my head I'll be sobbing but the tears just won't come. I mostly just feel numb and I hate it. I want the relief of a good cry.

 

[auniqueusername!]

I know what u mean! I love the comfort that comes from a long crying session too. Hang in there, sounds weird, but I hope u can cry soon lol

 

[hippiedeath]

I feel like as badly as I want to cry recently, I can't. In my head I'll be sobbing but the tears just won't come. I mostly just feel numb and I hate it. I want the relief of a good cry.

Try cutting up an onion and see if it makes you cry. It actually is sort of like actually being sad crying IMHO. I read about this in,"The Tin Drum." It's fiction, but interesting. A onion cutting party to make everyone cry and feel better.

 

[tapetum_lucidum]

I know what u mean! I love the comfort that comes from a long crying session too. Hang in there, sounds weird, but I hope u can cry soon lol

Thank you <3 at the very most i can get a bit teary-eyed, but even the recent loss of my dog didn't trigger me to cry.

 

[deep-sleeper]

I haven't been able to actually cry in years, I think my father made me that way

 

[tapetum_lucidum]

I haven't been able to actually cry in years, I think my father made me that way

Sorry to hear that, friend. I hope you get the relief of some sort of emotional release soon.

 

[Eriktf]

i cant anymore

 

[knickknack81]

I cry at really random stuff, like sad movies or sappy inspirational stories. But when it comes to my life, and the loss and struggles I have had to endure these last few years, no tears. It's like I just feel empty inside, like I have a huge void with nothing to feel. I am down and sad a lot these days but I dont cry about it. I have more of a pain in stomach type feeling. Thinking that my life's journey might be coming to an end in the near future and Im not crying about it, just like "welp, I guess this is how it will be". So weird.

 

[Codename_Joryu]

No, I actually cry a lot from even the smallest inconviniences, and I used to hate it. It made me feel like a total loser and a crying little pussy. But I learned to accept it as a part of me, that's just how I am. Crying is a normal thing to do, doesn't matter why you do it.

 

[WallTermite]

I haven't cried in 16 years. You might guess how cooked the situation is.

 

[joshardy]

I can only cry late at night right before bead.

 

[Off_Switch]

I struggle to die.

 

[EternalHunger]

I think my instances of crying have instead been replaced with mental breakdowns, as though I've bottled my emotions up so much that it leaks out in the form of mental destruction and flailing; though luckily I never been so anguished to the point of doing so in the public.

 

[usernamesarehard]

I've been struggling to cry recently too. I've managed to force myself a few times, but for the most part no matter how bad I feel I can't cry.

 

[Hollowman]

I'm too emotionally detached to cry, it sucks.

 

[theboy]

Me

 

[hippiedeath]

I thought about stopping my antidepressants today. Without them, I'd cry if a child's balloon flew off, or a leaf fell from a tree in September.

 

[Fall_Apart]

The combination of benzos and Lexapro hasn't allowed me to cry for many years. Medication abuse has made me feel like a robot.

 

[divinemistress87]

Emdr therapy and acupuncture will bring out the tears. Im crying a lot since doing them