Do you cry a lot or am I a crybaby?

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Just now,

On the news,

There was a story about Cher saving this lonely elephant from captivity and I boohoo for like five minutes.

I think about my dogs dying or suffering, I cry.

Watch an episode of Intervention?

Cry.

Is this the meds or illness?

Or could I just be a crybaby?

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i don’t cry a lot. last time i cried was when my kitty cat died but before that it had been years since i cried last time.

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I’ve been unable to cry since being on APs. But I do get choked up

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When I feel sad about things I know it’s time to top up my b-vitamins. Stops it cold.

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I’m like @LilyoftheValley I can’t really cry. I can tear up and get choked up, but no real crying. It sucks because sometimes you need that release.

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ah yea i also get teared up and choked up sometimes but i can’t cry either… but i get the feeling like you would like to cry sometimes but i can’t.

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The ability to cry is a great gift, the gift of tears.

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I think crying is the price we pay for compassion.

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I used to cry every single night cry myself to sleep. Then my psychosis got real bad and i havent been able to cry much

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I cry at cute videos, sad videos, sometimes a random feeling of wanting to cry, at something I’m watching or reading, but not even knowing why lol.

I also cry when I’m angry, and I cry when my psychosis stresses me out.

So yeah, I cry a lot.

It does feel like the illness to me, because I wasn’t really like this before I started experiencing the hallucinatory side of psychosis/more extreme psychotic breaks.

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I think it shows your humanity.
Nothing wrong with showing your emotions.

I tear up at sad commercials.

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Laughter and tears are the same to me.

Both give off great endorphins.

:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::pensive:

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I couldn’t cry for a long time, and then suddenly, a few months into treatment, I started bawling at some video online. Haven’t been able to shut it off since. I cry at everything.

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Intervention amazes me.

I’m like some of these posters.
I can become sad, but I don’t cry.

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I cry sometimes when I’m super depressed. But I like to cry alone.

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I can’t cry in front of others, no matter how bad I need it.
I don’t cry easily, but I wish I did.

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I cried alot when I ststa

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Same. Ive cried in front of others a handful of times. My fiance saw me cry for the first time in the 7 years weve known each other a few months back and she disnt know what to do

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Not a crier. But I was reading “The Hunger Games” for a class and when Rue died a little tear rolled down my cheek. Only time I cried as an adult.

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It’s the illness. I used to be like this too. And all my life. I’m not this way anymore.

Myself, I told a therapist about my constant crying over everything heartwarming and touching and how embarrassing this was to me. He told me he could fix that in therapy. And he did!!!

I would report your crying over everything to your pdoc also.

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