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Maraya1969

(22,996 posts)
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 04:47 AM Sep 2023

What the Hell is happening to me? I can't stop crying. I cry when I am happy I cry when I am sad

I cry when I watch heart warming videos on Youtube. And sometimes when I cry it feels like it will never go away. And it is embarrassing. The other day I was in the grocery store and a women I was talking to told me how she lost everything in hurricane Ian and I STARTED CRYING.

And of course right now I am in Portugal. I have a lot of wonderful friends but I feel like no one can help me.

I don't feel like I am depressed but maybe I am

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What the Hell is happening to me? I can't stop crying. I cry when I am happy I cry when I am sad (Original Post) Maraya1969 Sep 2023 OP
Breathing exercise, or meditation multigraincracker Sep 2023 #1
Good advice! 2naSalit Sep 2023 #3
That happened to me... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #2
Chances are it's been suppressed for awhile bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #4
You are in Portugal? Fado peacebuzzard Sep 2023 #5
Did you start taling new medications recently? Beastly Boy Sep 2023 #6
This happened to me when I went through menopause. intheflow Sep 2023 #7
Shot in the dark-have you had any head injuries? Boxerfan Sep 2023 #8
Me too XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #9
I'm sorry XANA. Do you find it embarrassing? I do. Maraya1969 Sep 2023 #11
Yes XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #12
I just thought of something that I did not think was that important. I had a bad relationship Maraya1969 Sep 2023 #10
Insight XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #13
I was just watching Natalie Wood XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #14

multigraincracker

(34,057 posts)
1. Breathing exercise, or meditation
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 04:56 AM
Sep 2023

can return you to normal. It does me when my brain gets out of wack.
Find a silent mantra and follow your breath, then make it a habit.

2naSalit

(92,635 posts)
2. That happened to me...
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 04:57 AM
Sep 2023

It went on for a while and then I stopped, mostly. I find that "things" that I feel strongly about bring tears to my eyes even when crying wasn't where my head was at. I suspect that it's an unexpected feature of aging, like eye floaters.

Hopefully it's omething that will pass or ease after a short spell.

bucolic_frolic

(46,941 posts)
4. Chances are it's been suppressed for awhile
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 06:19 AM
Sep 2023

There's enough to be depressed about in the world, and enough to cry for. You are not responsible for other's problems. We all have to set boundaries, and reset them from time to time. Find your inner strrength and make the mindfulness of sadness temporary.

peacebuzzard

(5,265 posts)
5. You are in Portugal? Fado
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 07:42 AM
Sep 2023

music originated in Portugal. The Fado musical artists are mournful and whimsical performers.
The best places to hear Fado are in local street bars or bodegas without the expensive dinners and shows.

You will be with artists who understand you. It speaks to the soul and resonates deeply.

Fado singers and musicians reflect the deep longing, passion, and suffering that is the history and heritage of the Portuguese.
Have you seen or heard these performers and musicians? Did it help in any way?

I am of Portuguese heritage; inside of the Portuguese we usually live a "saudade" which is hard to translate with one word. But the Fado is all about the "saudade" which is a longing for, usually something from the past, a deep emotion that is impossible to forget or wash away. It is a constant state that comes and goes. It is internal and eternal. the closest word is perhaps "longing" but it is more than that, it becomes a part of the person.





Beastly Boy

(11,119 posts)
6. Did you start taling new medications recently?
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 07:42 AM
Sep 2023

Even if a medication you are taking is not known to cause depression, it may in combination with other drugs.

intheflow

(28,915 posts)
7. This happened to me when I went through menopause.
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 08:28 AM
Sep 2023

Weeping daily for no apparent reason, or over news stories that would have pissed me off earlier. Don’t know your age or gender but antidepressants worked wonders. So maybe you’re experiencing something like that.

I’m so sorry you’re experiencing this. It’s hard and bewildering and seemingly arises from nowhere.

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)
8. Shot in the dark-have you had any head injuries?
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 08:40 AM
Sep 2023

That can be the cause of unusual responses to emotion....

https://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/concussion/symptoms.html

I've had multiple skull fractures & other TBI as a child & adult. I cry very easily but I'm not sure that is the cause.

XanaDUer2

(13,808 posts)
9. Me too
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 12:09 PM
Sep 2023

I don't know why? There's been a lot to cry about lately.

I'm crying at the movie Water Horse : Legend of the Deep this morning.

XanaDUer2

(13,808 posts)
12. Yes
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 08:57 AM
Sep 2023

I'll usually have to stop talking before it gets bad. In my case, I think its stress

Like, just talking about a kids movie started me.

Maraya1969

(22,996 posts)
10. I just thought of something that I did not think was that important. I had a bad relationship
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 04:38 AM
Sep 2023

with my brother. We did not talk for 2 years, (he is a MAGA)

But he died in July. I think that I am upset because I had alway wanted to go back to when we got along and he liked me. I remember talking to my mother about it; we were trying to figure out why is didn't like me anymore. He did some really shitty things to me over the years, (of course I am bisexual and that is just not acceptable in his group) he did apologize to me a year or some.

My mom is dead, my father is dead and my brother is dead. I am the last surviving person in my immediate family.

Maybe it is grief I hadn't thought about it before. He died in July

XanaDUer2

(13,808 posts)
14. I was just watching Natalie Wood
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 02:27 PM
Oct 2023

In Splendour in the Gress where she's reading aloud in class and is so overcome with emotion she has to run out of the classroom. My emotions are like that sometimes.

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