greywolf Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 For about 5 months now, I've been getting very emotional over seemingly little things, so I've decided to record it in a journal to see if I can find any sort of pattern. I will be posting the things that affect me emotionally that I think the average person probably wouldn't get worked up over. Hopefully I'll find some answers or at least learn more about myself. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was reading a book (it was a young adult fantasy book. Don't judge!) about a girl who is physically abused by her father, and then he sells her to another man who is also physically abusive, but she's rescued by a priest after he beats her. None of the descriptions of abuse made me feel emotional. It is after she is rescued that I nearly teared up (and probably would have if I hadn't been in public): "The hedge priests, with their awkward movements and musty, stale robes, are kind enough, but their fingers are unschooled in tenderness and compassion. It is the herbwitches I like most. Their chapped, raw hands are gentle as lamb's wool..." The bolded part is what really set me off. The thought of kind, old ladies makes me feel very emotional. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 I read about Christian Bale visiting the victims of the Colorado Shooting and I got teary. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 [video=youtube_share;9fAZIQ-vpdw] ] Teared up so bad. *sigh* Link to comment
MasterPo Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Maybe you are lonely. Lonely in the sense that you miss something that was fleeting in your life. When I was overseas, I was gone so long and in environment that was polar opposite of my home, that I would choke up when I saw pics of mountains and pine trees. A friend of mine sent me a recording of the family talking in the late afternoon, it was hot and most of the complaints were about lack of water and when the rains would come. The tone, the language.. achh... I flipped over on my cot and wept a long time. My good friends patted me on the back every now and then and left water for me to drink. I guess they thought I went through a breakup. I don't cry and I felt foolish afterwards but I knew I had to come back to all that I missed. Hope you feel better. Link to comment
tiredofvampires Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I love that video. I think that's the first time i've ever seen someone use their forearm on the keys! I didn't get teared-up with this, but I often do with movie soundtracks. It seems wrong to butt into a journal like this...because it's more like data collection. But I just wanted to ask...what if you did find a pattern to why you cry (by the way, the title of this thread kind of cracked me up, sorry)...why would you need to do anything to change it? What is inherently wrong with crying over things, if you feel touched by something? I mean, if it was causing you to become socially crippled, or you felt otherwise psychologically unstable (depressed, etc.) that was causing emotional lability, that would be problematic. But if things just trigger you to cry and then you go on with your day and you're mostly even-keel...is this just a matter of not wanting to feel like a "wimp" or that you "should" not react this way? Because I don't see simply being emotionally sensitive as a problem. I'm wondering what you feel the problem is, about being this way. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 I don't really see it as a problem. Perhaps a little bit embarrassing, but I don't see at something wrong. I guess I'm more interested in why I've become this way because I never was like this before, and I wonder if whatever has triggered it is a problem. Link to comment
tiredofvampires Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Or...is it possible that something that was a problem before has now fixed itself, and you are now more what is natural to you? Just a thought about another possibility. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 I posted in another thread about the things that I went through when I was in school, and I wonder if it was from that. I was a wreck when I was in school. Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 darling you havent just had a baby have you ? the reason I ask is after the birth of ems I turned into a jibbering wreck at the drop of a hat . I find it hard to control , like a customer stood telling me a sad story , they will be ok and I can feel myself well up and often can't stop the tears. Link to comment
greywolf Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 darling you havent just had a baby have you ? the reason I ask is after the birth of ems I turned into a jibbering wreck at the drop of a hat . I find it hard to control , like a customer stood telling me a sad story , they will be ok and I can feel myself well up and often can't stop the tears. haha! I'm not laughing at you, just the thought of me having a baby. A big no to that one. lol Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 haha! I'm not laughing at you, just the thought of me having a baby. A big no to that one. lol hahah ok wolfy no worries hahah I dont even know why I am laughing .. at least that one is ruled out then hey ... I have been following it because I get teary eyed at the drop of a hat and it can be so annoying !! Link to comment
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