Is crying normal ?

[Pips04]

I’m finding that I cry at the very least suggestion of emotion on the tv, even if it’s a hug, or a thank you or someone just saying I understand even though it’s not remotely connected to my condition I get the lump in my throat and I’m off... anybody else feel this ?

[Flyby7]

It is normal

[Dinkie]

totally normal - sometimes, particularly during a flare, watching TV is fatal something that usually wouldn't bother me has me blubbing like a baby.

[Hidden]

Yes,its a total pain in it's self the crying isn't it?I hardly ever cried throughout my life but just today I've been the same,pain clinic pyhsio said your quite emotional I've noticed and I'm worried about your emotional state I start crying of course lol

[Hidden]

And I cry even at the news!lol

[Tisme1]

Me too, just sobbed my way through Christopher Robin.

[Fra22-57]

Why not cry.better than being unemotional. I think a good cry gets it out of your system.I am an emotional person and try to hold my tears back at times.makes a mess of my face...lol

[Muttleykins]

Hi ,I was just the same until I wss prescribed Citalopram for Anxiety and now I don't seem to cry at all .

[westcountry]

I seem to cry a lot since I've had this horrid condition. Sometimes it's with the sheer frustration of it all and not getting answers from the medical profession, or with the constant pain and problems associated with it. Often it's for no apparent reason and I feel really 'down'...... Maybe it goes with the condition.........

[Ramjets]

Without doubt - I have cried more in last few years than I did in the previous 40 odd yrs. I was never a crier, even at my parents funeral I never shed a tear (even though I was devastated) and was always "the strong one" who comforted others when they had a weep. However that's all changed now and I seem to get choked up at the drop of a hat. Like you I fill up at anything now, tv adverts, small gestures of kindness.... I've turned into a right sap lol. I think for me, I was trying to be strong and keep up a facade of being okay and coping for so long that when I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't okay (with the help of my fab GP), the floodgates opened and I've never been able to completely close and lock them again. This condition does batter down your defences but it's not necessarily a bad thing to let your emotions out (as long as your not constantly breaking down in the queue at the Aldi checkout because you can't remember your PIN number!). I am convinced that holding in my feelings when I went through traumatic events years ago has contributed to, if not triggered my fibro and any stress now exacerbates my symptoms. Therefore I allow myself a little pity party now and then and have a little cry, so you're definitely not alone. x

[Pips04 in reply to Ramjets]

You sound like a very strong man and you’re not afraid to let go, I do believe that all the pent up emotions from previous years add to the stress and I guess it’s better out than in take care Pips x

[Ramjets in reply to Pips04]

Thanks Pips, although don't feel that strong sometimes, but we do have to just get on with things.

(P.s. Just to let you know I am all woman - or at least I was last time I looked lol.) x

[Pips04 in reply to Ramjets]

Oh dear glad we can laugh about it, well you’re as strong as a strong man ! and being a strong woman that’s a plus ! x

[Kitten-whiskers]

Good afternoon Pips04,

This is definately normal. The worse I felt the easier it was for me to cry at what seemed like the slightest thing. Hope you feel better soon xx