Crying ALL the time

[peach2218]

For anyone with depression, or just hormonal imbalances or other issues, do you sometimes find yourself crying over anything and everything?

For me, I can be completely cool and relatively content one moment, and then the next something frustrates me and I'm tearing up. Or my boyfriend and I get into a little argument and I completely start bawling. I kind of feel like now, tears are always on standby waiting for the smallest thing to send them over the edge. It's completely ridiculous. If I wasn't so depressed and embarrassed about the crying all the time, I'd probably laugh at myself for how easy it is to set me off. I NEVER used to cry, ever. Seriously, I went through a phase before puberty from about 7-12 where I didn't cry once. And then the depression set in and it's like my eyes are a constant leaky faucet.

This wasn't really meant to be a sob story or anything, I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced or is experiencing something along these lines.

[Sneezypanda]

Crying is a pretty regular thing for me too. I'm sensitive so the smallest things upset me. I'm also an angry crier which is really embarrassing. I take medication for my depression/anxiety so I don't get sad out of nowhere as often but I'm also not good about taking it regularly so that doesn't help. Everything just points to me being a human waterfall XD I feel your pain

[SterlingSilver]

Definitely. During my first few years of college, I went into deep anxiety and depression from stress, which manifested as this problem. I remember once before a vacation I stood in the middle of my room and sobbed because I couldn't decide if I wanted to take my computer or not. Another time when my parents asked me how I liked dinner during the meal and I cried right at the table . Talking to people, making decisions, thinking about anything that had to do with any strong emotion seemed to just send me right off, and I know that feeling of embarrassment. It's so tough when you are in the middle of sobbing and are so tired of doing it in front of people.

I went to a counselor and after some therapy I managed to stop. But I still remember how much it sucked. My heart goes out to you, peach! You're not alone <3.

[Renee]

I'm really sensitive cause of the way people have treated me all my life

[NameTaken]

Nooo I feel you! I'm sure this is common for a lot of people with depression. The one moment I remember the most was when I was at my absolute lowest around mid 2014, I finally managed to force myself to get up and get ready for bed, but when I couldn't undo my bra instantly, I just sank to the floor and cried hysterically for like 45 minutes. Little tiny frustrations definitely opened the floodgates.

It really sucks and I was always hugely sensitive anyway before my depression, but I'm kind of used to it now! I'm at the stage where I can't hold back tears to save my life but in general I can stop crying pretty quick as well. That's partly due to the fact that atm I'm in an ok place as far as depression goes; at my lowest I definitely just sit around and weep all the time. I guess the plus side to crying is at least you aren't sat there completely numb and void of emotion.

Hope you're feeling ok and your depression isn't too debilitating right now.

[gingerdean]

Yes, definitely! It's not uncommon for depression to manifest itself in this way. My mom has suffered from bouts of depression for as long as I can remember. She has always been one to cry at the drop of a hat anyway, but when she was deep in her depressive episodes, she would cry literally at everything. It seemed like if I even looked at her the wrong way, it would set her off. Sometimes I could barely have a normal conversation with her without her breaking down.

I've gone through bouts of anxiety and depression several times in my life, but I am a bit of the opposite of her, in that I have a major aversion to crying in front of anyone, especially my family. So I am pretty much the master of holding back tears, but during the worst of the depression, I'd feel like crying all the time, over every minor thing. Practically every song I would hear would threaten to set me off, certain commercials on tv, making a mistake playing piano...You name it, I felt like crying over it. I would literally give myself headaches from the strain of trying to hold it back. Or I would run off to the bathroom, or wherever I could get some privacy, and just break down. And I'd break down and cry almost every night in bed, just to let it all out, I guess. It was mentally (and physically) exhausting, to say the least. I really do feel for you in this.

I'm sorry you are feeling this way, and I hope things get better for you!

[peach2218]

Ginger, I don't cry in front of my family either, not if I can help it. The only other person that's seen me cry in the last decade or so is my boyfriend. I can't seem to hold it back around him

[sneezingbeauty]

i defiantly cry a lot more easily than i used to, i cant hold them in as well now. my eyes will literally tear up instantaneously no matter how small the problem :/ but i suppose sometimes it can be good to just relieve stress and let your emotions out