I’ve got a confession to make – I’m a big old cryer.
Big fat tears regularly roll down my face and waterproof mascara has become my best friend.
No, I’m not depressed and nor am I constantly sad. I’m just a highly emotional person with massive tear ducts, and I’ve reached an age where I give less f**ks about what people think of me.
I sit right on the edge of my feelings and experience raw (and very leaky) reactions to things in real time (kind of like a three-year-old but with a job, and a bank account, and whole lot of indoor plants).
The thing is, I’m not a sooky lala – I very rarely cry about things happening to me, I just cry about everything else.
I cry intermittently throughout my work week as I write the news, and I’m not sure whether I’ll ever be the kind of person who can read about terror attacks, miscarriages and domestic violence and not shed a tear for my fellow humans.
I cry when I see a particularly poignant ad on the TV or a cute dog meme on social media.
I cry when I see two strangers being nice to each other on the train.
I cry when I read my favourite author’s books and they’ve written something that I’ve felt so many times before but was never able to put in words.
I cry when I see strangers stopping to help someone who’s fallen over in the street.
I cry when I watch TV (especially when they play some epic, haunting song when someone dies and they always play some epic, haunting song when someone dies).
Sometimes when something’s particularly funny, I just skip the laughing stage and go straight to tears.
Top Comments
Not me! I agree that a sob in private can be beneficial, but I am not a fan of the public display of emotion if it can be avoided.
Have you thought about how people around you feel seeing someone in obvious distress? Of course they are going to gravitate towards you to try and help, it's human nature.
There is a time and place for everything though, crying in public over trivial things like plants or something cute your puppy did this morning is simply attention seeking in my opinion since you know people around you are going to respond.