Why does crying make me feel better

[FriendlyShadow]

I'm an overly emotional person and i just can't stop getting my feeling hurt so easy. Every time when i forget to do something or a mistake (things like forgetting to lock the door after i let the dog out, or even when try and do homework which very hard) my parents seem to get really annoyed(especially my dad) by it and it just makes me feel like i can't do anything right. They say that I'm too old for crying and they get even more mad when i do it. But I can't seem to help myself. I just feel completely worthless and depressed and i don't feel like i should deserve to live. Its like no matter what i do is wrong, I almost feel like committing suicide. My parents and I wish there was a way they could talk to me without me crying but i keep telling them that I'm not them because they don't get their feelings hurt like I do. And I just can't help but cry and let all my emotions let out then to just bottle them up inside of me. In fact, it makes me feel a lot better. Is there anyone like me who have this? Can anyone help on this?

 

[electric pepper]

yeah i used to get this quite a lot when i was younger, I am 21 now. But whenever people raised there voice to me or i did something wrong I would cry.

usually over quite small things one time on my first day at a new school i had the wrong pair of PE socks and my teacher mentioned it to me and burst into tears. Also with my parents if i ever broke any of my belongings or lost anything i would lie about it, which was silly but i didnt want to disapoint them, but they always found out they would always shout and then i just couldnt help but cry. I am just a very sensitive person they always understood that though so i was lucky.

I have been able to hold it on a bit more now though as I have got older, i still feel like crying and do still cry sometimes, but can control it more. I usually try taking deep breaths, or bite my lip. what helps me most though is remembering funny things or situations that have happened, or generally just happy thoughts.

 

[recluse]

Crying is healthy, i notice that it releases the tension, and i feel better after a good cry. I think that crying is sort of a release valve for when our emotions get too much to bear.

 

[Aletheia]

catharsis

And I just can't help but cry and let all my emotions let out then to just bottle them up inside of me. In fact, it makes me feel a lot better.

Crying in front of other people can really complicate matters, so I try to save it for somewhere private.

But crying can be an effective means of releasing my emotions so that they don't lurk and fester. It can be very healthy. It can make me feel better. It can be a way to wash the pain out of my soul.

 

[Etbow23]

When you cry, you release hormones like prolactin