I bet you can help

[blastedtomoosh]

So I don't get it.

I haven't cried since 2003 at my grandpa's funeral.  Since then, even when I'm really really upset and feel like I should be bawling my eyes out, I can't even shed a single tear.  I want to, but I can't.  It hurts, I can feel it in my stomache.

Why the fuck can't I cry?

Comments

[yoitserika]

aww.. cheer up!!!

[blastedtomoosh]

it's hard to cheer up when you can't let it out

[yoitserika]

wait it out.. someday it will just hit you and you'll go back to normal again.

[yoitserika]

that was me*

[_kelbell_]

Try pulling the corners of your mouth down like you're trying to keep a stiff upper lip but it's not gonna work. That's how I get myself to fake cry. .....But seriously, I don't know man. Maybe you can find a different way to let your frustrations out. Maybe smash your bed with a pillow?

[blastedtomoosh]

It's worse then that, I dont even have a stiff upper lip. I just dont even get the sad face or anything.

And nothing else works

[zaprudereyes]

I say truthfully with absolutely no macho-posturing or bragging that I haven't cried in over ten years. Plenty of tragedy, just no reaction. I'm such a nihilist.

But I'd recommend, in theory, good melancholy music and dim lights. Or try crying tears of happiness. A release is a release.

This thread has really gotten me worried about my own mental state, though...

[zaprudereyes]

Never mind, I'm late to the game, you found your release. I'm sorry it was under such circumstances. Hope everything's OK.

[blastedtomoosh]

yeah it was a pretty bad night... fortunately things weren't as bad as i thought but still...