Why do I cry at the drop of a hat?

[AloeVera]

10. Now you've made me cry!

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Not waterworks exactly but tears welling up just reading. Oh, there goes a drop as I'm typing! Just you sharing this odd commonality makes me feel good enough to cry!

People and cat/dog videos. Feel-good, heartfelt movies, oh boy. Happiness is so contagious to me and that deserves a good cry! It's a good thing.

I like the idea of embracing it and the upfront disclosure! My sons think its endearing though "weird" , friends mostly laugh about it - though I'm still embarrassed - and it doesn't happen much in front of strangers.

Otoh if I read about animal t*rt*re, even a whiff in a post title, by accident, I experience horrible emotions for hours. Not waterworks but over-identification and grief. It's awful. It happens with children too, the awful things that are done to them. So anything or anyone helpless or innocent. Does that happen to you? I just wonder if the two are related in people or I'm just an odd duck lol.