PATHOLOGICAL CRYING

[SilentEchoes]

"Pathologic tearfulness (emotional incontinence) is a disorder of emotional expression rather than a primary disturbance of feelings."

It's not you - it's your brain injury. I cry easy - too easy. I often lose credibility with the doctor when it happens to me. The imbalance of power in the exam room is very real.

A neurologist told me that the fact I was crying in his office was evidence of mental illness. When we left my husband said, we're never going back to that a$$h*le. When you understand what is going on in your brain, you're better equipped to advocate for yourself. This is much harder to do in the early phase when you're baffled by the weird shit you're experiencing.

Gaslighting and psychological abuse is never okay; and especially not in the context of the medical setting.

Emotional incontinence is not associated with depression, impulsiveness, memory impairment, or executive dysfunction.

Pathologic tearfulness is not a manifestation of psychiatric illness, it reflects abnormalities in brain networks that control emotion regulation beyond the hippocampus. The condition may be present in other neurologic disorders, this article provides novel insights into the neural basis of affective control and its dysfunction in disease.

n.neurology.org/content/94/...

The more you know the better you can advocate for yourself.

SE

Disclaimer: this is my personal experience and personal opinion. You can agree or disagree with me, please do not comment unless you have something constructive to add to the discussion surrounding your neurological injury and your personal experience as it relates to mine.

[rescuema]

Puts a whole new spin on the expression sappier as you get older. I have resorted to avoidance of watching sentimental/touching movies because my spouse cries at every opportunity and seems to be getting worse. A similar example to ponder - washingtonpost.com/postever...

Intriguing for sure.

[chantingwpd]

I’m so glad your hubs called it as he saw it. It took 3 doctors till I found a neurologist who had any people skills. Then I found my current MD, who is a movement disorder specialist in charge of a huge research study at a teaching hosp. She is a rockstar. She actually listens and responds and is current in all things PD. I’m so lucky. My point is, if you have the ability to move on to another Neuro that you feel you can trust, give it a try.

[rhyspeace12 in reply to chantingwpd]

My husband had a horrible neurologist! He made me cry, watching how mean he was to my husband. We switched to a movement specialist, and he was great AND kind.

[chantingwpd in reply to rhyspeace12]

👍

[SilentEchoes in reply to chantingwpd]

I did finally find a good one 😊

[Condor13]

I had a friend who had this problem, immediately before being diagnosed with PD. It lasted for about 2 years, then returned to normal, with no diagnosis.It would be interesting to ask if anyone else has had this, or even if t is relevant to PD.

[SilentEchoes in reply to Condor13]

It's relevant to other neurological disorders too from my personal experience.

[Redginger]

Thank you for posting this... I dont remember seeing a discussion of it on here since I've been following a few years now. My husband definitely is much more apt to cry and he never used to be anything at all like this.

[SilentEchoes]

What's the opposite of pathological crying?

Pathological laughing! I couldn't help myself 🤣

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