[bandcampgirl183]

Do you cry? Did you as a kid?
I honstly didn't shed a single tear in public from about age 2 to age 13. I would never let anyone "win" that much, and so I figured I would not cry. This worked great. Until puberty set in, and my life became a mess, yadda yadda yadda.
Now I cry at anything... and the worst part is, I have no power to stop my tears. That used to be my strongpoint, was I could always hold my tears back. I burst into tears at the store the other day because my dad and I had a disagreement about shampoo!
The first time I cried in front of a friend, was with my boyfriend when I was 14, and he gave me tissues and put his arm around me and it was so sweet. Maybe if it had never happened, though, I wouldn't have gotten the sense that cryng in front of people was OKAY, and I would still be able to control my tears.
Someday these tears are really going to get me in trouble, whether it's a business meeting, a date, whatever. At least online, no one can see if I'm crying or not. Or if I'm in my pajamas

~rachel~

[what_the_heck013]

I dont tend to cry in front of people--except for onstage.

[LaurelDP]

I used to be really emotionally unstable.

It was really ---- lame. The school wanted to put me in Special Ed because they thought I was emotionally unstable.


That was in my past life, though. Kind of. Before I moved to California, I was a mess. No work effort, I drank a lot, dabbled in drugs, etc. I used to cry a lot, then.


Now I've started anew. Sober and stone cold. I don't cry. I don't feel comfortable with my emotions. I basically bottle them up, which is healthier for me, personally.

I'm not one to feel comfortable talking about emotions. Even when I do break down, I have to be alone. I can't stand for people to be around me when I'm emotional. Shoulder to cry on? No thanks. Go away.



Though I do cry at movies, when hit, or when faced with fear or big decisions. Not so much tears of sadness or anger, though.

[bandcampgirl183]

[Quique]

I was a frightingly serious kid and was largely unemotional up until high school.

Then I went through a "woe is me" phase. Ugh. While I did go through tough times, I made them tougher by feeling sorry for myself and boo-hooing at the drop of a hat. Thank God that only lasted a few years.

Now, I'm finally letting go and allowing that lil' devil inside me to run amuck, haha.

I hardly ever cry nowadays. No more listening to pathetically sad songs and scratching the walls in agony and despair...baloney!

I cry when I have to, when I feel something needs to be released and is beyond my control. After all, isn't that the whole purpose of it?

You'd be amazed at just how many people out there squeeze those tears out for all the wrong reasons.

It's like...*WHACK!* SHTOP IT!

[sleepy7653]

I haven't had much to cry about. Life has been pretty good for me.

[Desperado]

I haven't cried in probably almost 5 years.

I've realized early crying will get you nowhere.

[Nudelkopf]

I cry at night. Under cover of darkness.

The last time I cried in public (eg. 2+ people) was at college about 5months ago. I'd had a horrid day and some b*tch came up to me and was saying "Oh my God you poofter, get out of our school. Everyone here hates you and your stupid opinion". So I cried and quickly hurried off to the nearest bathroom. Strange thing is, I didn't even know that lady.

I cried a lot as a child. I was particually fond of my mother, so every time she cried I followed suite.

[Salome]

I'm a rather emotional person..I do cry ..sometimes more often than others but I dont let most people see it.

[dramatic_mizfit]

I try not to cry in public, or in front of my parents, because I hate it, but it happens. Especially recently. I'm an emotional wreck. I'll usually only cry in public when it's really bad, and save most of the the tears for when I'm at home, alone in my room. I try not to deny myself emotion.

[The REAL Ciaron]

I cried at the end of "Finding Neverland" and a little bit at the end of "Brokeback Mountain"

[Whit]

The only time I can ever cry is if I'm completely alone or with someone I REALLY trust. It's not that I don't feel comfortable crying in front of people, but I just can't. Like I'm physically unable.

[dramaqueen220222]

I used to cry a whole lot, much of the time due to cruelty from my classmates in middle and elementary school. Now...now I hardly ever cry. I tend to numb up to stop myself from feeling any sort of pain. And when I do cry, it'll be this long, tormented sobbing that keeps going until I'm exhausted.

[B3TA07]

I rarely cry, and only 3 movies have ever brought me even close to tears.

[wicked_diva]

I never used to, but I think I cry a fair deal now. When I was little, I only cried when I got hurt or had temper tantrums. Now, I rarely cry for personal emotional or pain issues in public, though I will when I'm alone. But for movies and plays, I tend to cry. I cried when Gavroche died when I saw Les Mis, and I cried for like the last half hour of Little Women (it was funny, kind of, because you could hear sniffles all over the house). I cried at the end of Finding Neverland, too, and for parts of I Am Sam, and nearly all of AI. Movies just get me going, I guess. But I don't mind crying, really.

[JPme]

I'm a total wuss.

I cry all the time at books and films.

Will list some later.

Includes Sweet Valley High.

JP

[ShadowInTheWings]

I cry a lot. Not so much in public. More by myself, or with a select group of friends. I have the urge to cry sometimes, I want to cry so bad that my chest hurts and I start to shake, but my body will not let me cry in public. Sometimes I'll try to force the tears out, but then I only get dry heaving sobs. Not fun at all. I am a terribly emotional person. I can't hide what I'm feeling, and I can't lie at all. It's pathetic. My emotions are always clearly on my face and even virtual strangers can read me like a book.

[JemiBoe1981]

I seldom cry. Only the usuals- at movies, at funerals, etc. But really in everyday life, I very rarely cry. I get angry more than I do tearful.

[dramaqueen220222]

I hardly ever cry during movies. I think the only ones have been West Side Story, Beaches, and Titanic. I'm such a girly-girl sometimes, I swear...
I did cry during The Laramie Project, though. Three times throughout the course of the show.

[JemiBoe1981]

^Now THAT show makes me weep buckets. I was so annoying, people were staring in the house, but I was reallly moved.

[Annie]

I cry a lot as well. Books, movies, plays, life, whatever. I'm usually pretty good at stopping myself when I have to, but I don't bother most of the time. The books that made me cry the most include: Little Women (waterfall), Long Walk to Freedom (by Nelson Mandela), and To Kill a Mockingbird.
When I go to see Broadway plays, no matter what it is, I am a total mess. It doesn't matter what it is, I guarantee that I will cry. I kid you not. "Good Morning Baltimore" had me bawling. It's not so much the content (obviously), as it is the fact that I'm watching a BROADWAY SHOW. I just think about the fact that what these people are doing in front of me, is everything I have ever hoped for and dreamt to one day accomplish, in my entire life. Especially, when I'm watching someone I really admire.
Movies kill me too. Beaches, Funny Girl, Dumbo (shut up), The Sound of Music, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Hours, etc.

When really crappy things happen in my life, I cry a lot as well, sometimes at inopportune moments. When my grandfather died last month, I was a mess for quite some time. I would just burst into tears.

Usually, I'm pretty quiet (i.e. concerts, plays, when I need to be.) I'm not much of a violent sobber.

Annie

[frizzball724]

I think crying is a waste. It makes me feel really vulnerable and weak. I will only cry in the privacy of my own room or if I am really deeply moved.

[crazychica]

I don't cry in front of people often. Very rarely will I do it at movies... I may tear up a bit, but that's all. I only really cry when I'm extremly frustrated with emotion problems and have no idea what else to do. The last time, and only time in years that I've cried in front of someone was about a month ago. I was in hell week for a show that I was not ready for, over loaded with school work, was going through guy troubles, a family friend of mine was going through a time with a lot of family difficulity and ever member of the family dumped their drama on me, and all sorts of other stuff and I just couldn't take it anymore, and all I could do was cry.

I used to really turn on the waterworks whenever anything negative in the midlest sense would happen, but now, it's just out of frustration, and it rarely gets that bad. If I'm crying, I'm having an emotional breakdown pretty much.

[nat915]

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

[Nudelkopf]

[MrsJamieWellerstein]

I cry at the most random things. Totally dry eyed when I first saw RENT onstage, bawled the second time. Cried when I first heard "The I Love You Song" from Spelling Bee.

I can sometimes force myself to cry to get out of doing something.

[Roger's Chica]

Always.

I sorta love crying, it's very much a release for me. Which is likely why I don't swear often when things go wrong... I just sort of tear up.

I'm fairly certain the last time I cried was last night after my Magic, Science and Religion exam when I discovered that my professor hadn't marked my essay (worth 40% of my grade) because she forgot to record my outline topic and mark (worth 10% of my grade). At that point there was no possible way I could have passed the course. What a flake...

I fixed it today but holy crap was I furious and devasted at the same time. (Similar to the time a college academic advisor tried to tell me that I technically hadn't graduated from high school because I "only had 3 grade 12 courses"... I had taken 9. So I cried. And he went and got a woman advisor. And then I came back the next day with my mom.)

Anyway... crying = good.

[dramatic_mizfit]

I'm crying now, as a matter of fact.

Although it's good to cry, too much of it is just....gah. I hate it.

[Nudelkopf]

[Desperado]

btw Nudel, I can't find the questions at all. I've given up. She can do her own damn work.

[MuSiCalTheaterLoveR]

Hardly ever. I don't think my tear glands work.

[whimsical]

The tears always come flowing when I read, go to the theatre, see movies, experience music and art that touches me, etc.

But in my actual life, I don't really cry often. It makes me feel so guilty when I realize I SHOULD be crying.

[dramatic_mizfit]

[bandcampgirl183]

I used to be SO good at hiding it. I could cry silently in bed, even if a friend was spending the night and her bed was right next to mine. I can still, quite often, cry at the computer, wtih my parents in the same room, reading, and walking around doing things.. I just answer their questions with a cheerful, upbeat tone, and they don't think anything of it.

~rachel~

[NoOneMournsTheWicked]

I cry. A lot. It's sad. I'm just really emotional, so if I get really, really sad or angry I just cry. I also have a tendency to start crying for almost no reason, but it's usually when I'm alone that I do that.

The last time I cried in public...was at Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I wept when Cedric died. My favourite character in all of Harry Potter and Robert Pattinson was gorgeous. I just sat there in the theater sobbing.

[Jennyanydots]

On the rare occasion I catch myself crying, I'll go look in the mirror and study myself. I do it so I can drive home the concept that I AM only human, and I DO feel.


I cry like a little bitch at the end of "Driving Miss Daisy." It's that damn pumpkin pie.

[MrsJamieWellerstein]

[Nudelkopf]