Discussion Is crying still cathartic for you?

[Jack25]

Since my mental health has gotten considerably worse in the past few months, I've been crying more often but I just don't feel the same relief. Maybe my endorphin receptors are just fried but I don't like this new reality.

 

[getoutgirl]

I physically can't :)
but boy I wished I could
you want a new sea, where? put me there

 

[GhostInTheMachine]

I was literally abused for daring to cry so I maladapted myself to suppress it as much as possible. On the few occasions I do manage to cry, it's either only a few tears or full-on bawling. The latter does help a tiny bit after the fact, but it can only do so much. I do wonder how much my inability to cry often is part of my emotions being outright broken.

 

[Anonymousa]

For me crying is really helpful in releasing lots of built up pain but I am rarely able to do it unless I am at my most extreme pain and at that point I am screaming in pain and crying heavily for 10s of minutes. I wish I could do it more to release more of this painful energy in me.

 

[Felodese]

Nope, not cathartic

 

[cme-dme]

I wish I could cry but I never ever do no matter how bad it gets >.< I bet it would feel cathartic at least the first few times...

 

[CravingPeace]

I'm with others here when they say they physically can't cry anymore. The only times I can cry now are in the middle of panic attacks but even then I have to force it. I wish I could release the emotional tension when I actually need to.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Over the last two years I have cried a lot. Lately not so much. I think I have some kind of mastery over the traumas I am aware of maybe. IDK. I cant say it was helping me when I did cry. I think as a man it made me feel very weak. I was cognizant of my brokenness which is significant. I did eventually come to understand this is normal human functioning however.

 

[PaperGodzilla]

Since my mental health has gotten considerably worse in the past few months, I've been crying more often but I just don't feel the same relief. Maybe my endorphin receptors are just fried but I don't like this new reality.

when i'm crying i feel instantly relieved but i'm more like sobbing 30s, somehow i wish to be able to cry more

 

[seizmic_purple]

For a while now, it hasn't done anything for me. I might even be worse off. I usually let it out when it comes, and it doesn't last long, but I don't feel better or relieved afterwards.

 

[belowaveragefish]

Since my mental health has gotten considerably worse in the past few months, I've been crying more often but I just don't feel the same relief. Maybe my endorphin receptors are just fried but I don't like this new reality.

It actually is. I've spent the last 13 years bottling everything up. Allowing myself to cry now and again is probably one of the few things that has kept me around.

It's a good thing until I remember how much life fucking sucks.

 

[KillingPain267]

Since my mental health has gotten considerably worse in the past few months, I've been crying more often but I just don't feel the same relief. Maybe my endorphin receptors are just fried but I don't like this new reality.

Same. There is no more relief, so I try to avoid crying as much as possible.

 

[ConfusedClouds]

I'm with those who rarely do/can cry. When it does its usually pretty dramatic and can be cathartic but often then turns into spirals of confusion and frustration at the inconsistency of it all unless there was actually a standalone event that its a legit reaction to.

 

[Britney Spears]

Before I cried every day, now I can't, I'm in shock and it's of no use to me. Besides, my family would see me even weaker.

 

[hopelessANARCHIST]

generally i struggle with crying to such a pathetic degree, i've done all sorts of weird shit to try to make myself cry to have some sort of release. i've finally been at such a deep low that i've been crying frequently for the past few weeks and personally, yes it's been very cathartic to finally just be able to regularly cry on my own without watching sad videos. Crying does usually accompany an incredibly painful mental spiral/rumination for me which isn't pleasant but at least I am physically expressing the despair.