Lachrymology

[Devil King]

Lachrymology (the religion of crying) coined by the band Tool, is a pretty cool word, or at least I think so.

This thread is about crying, though. What are you opinions on it? Do you cry in front of people freely, or do you suppress it and cry later? Do you cry at all (I'm pretty sure that everyone does cry). Is crying only for the weak?

[Polygon]

I cry at times but not much and not very often. I'm not much of a crier.

[Hyde]

Crying is a natural human response to upset and sadness. The whole bullshit about guys shouldn't cry was coined by a bunch of men so obsessed with being macho and tough(for whatever that bought them in life) that they decided it wasn't cool to have the full range of human emotion and be able to express them.

**** that....Limiting what we feel only makes us one thing: Less Human.

[Polygon]

So, what about when you just don't cry because you just don't get the urge? I don't hold back my emotions. I have no idea why I'm not a crier. I must be a cold soulless bastard.

[Atlas]

Crying is very healing. I believe one should be able to cry, but also needs to be able to control their emotions until the appropriate time. If I need to do some serious crying, though, I'll just do it. Sometimes you've just gotta do what you gotta do.

[Cyrus the virus]

I cry very rarely and when I do, I don't do it properly. And it never makes me feel better, so what the hell's with you crazies? A tequila shot helps more.

[Tenacious P]

I bottle up my emotions like most people. Definitely not healthy.

[Sibek]

I've learned to become stoic over the past few years. Crying isn't my thing, though neither is rage or happiness.

[Atlas]

I've learned to become stoic over the past few years. Crying isn't my thing, though neither is rage or happiness.

Apathy is the mother of all emotional barricades.

[Sibek]

Not quite:

"It is perhaps more accurate to call it the Stoic view of the passions, though this is a somewhat dated term. The passions or path? are literally ‘things which one undergoes’ and are to be contrasted with actions or things that one does. Thus, the view that one should be ‘apathetic,’ in its original Hellenistic sense, is not the view that you shouldn't care about anything, but rather the view that you should not be psychologically subject to anything—manipulated and moved by it, rather than yourself being actively and positively in command of your reactions and responses to things as they occur or are in prospect. It connotes a kind of complete self-sufficiency."

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stoicism/

[Atlas]

Very interesting. I'd still say too much apathy is just a tad bit unhealthy. Although, I've hardly any room to speak considering my void of passion lately.

[charolastra00]

To everyone else, I seem very calm and collected but I'm really the most emotional person ever. It's taken me a really long time to realize that because I'm in my head all the time, I think I'm showing my feelings much more than I actually am.

I don't often cry in front of other people. Really, outside of my family and really young childhood, I think I've only cried in front of 3 people ever.

For me, crying isn't healing and it isn't a release- it's just the sign of ultimate frustration. When I can't fix situations I'm in, I cry. When I'm hurt, there are never really "little" hurts. It's always mind numbingly painful and drawn out hurts. I'm currently in one of those emotional debacles and it really sucks.

[Atlas]

Holy shit, Blue. Just wait... just you wait, bud.

[Indigo]

I don't remember the last time I cried, but I'd say it was about 2 or 3 years ago. This may be hard to understand for some of you but my emotions don't really come to the surface very often, no matter how much I want them to.

[Hyde]

I think people misunderstood my point...if you don't feel the NEED to cry, then fine...but if you actively are so sad and so upset and you know a tear could come out, or two, or three, or a damned river of them....and you hold it in....you keep it back...you stem the proverbially tide....you're destroying a part of you that makes you human.

Experience the full range of emotions, kids....a good cry can make you feel a lot better.

It's Catharsis in a sodium drip.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

There's a large difference between apathy and realizing that most of the shit that people get whiney about isn't worth working yourself up over.

[Jarrid]

Yeah, I cry when my whole mind tends to break down due to depression, but lately, I have not cried about that since I have been better. Now, I do shed tears every once in a while, but that is related to having a joyful profound overwhelming experience. In addition, I cried extremely hard the other night at my friend's birthday party from laughter. Good times.

[Baby]

I cry very rarely and when I do, I don't do it properly. And it never makes me feel better, so what the hell's with you crazies? A tequila shot helps more.

Gotta side with you there :D I find it really hard to cry even when/if I try and there's only one person I'm comfy doing that around.

[Phakiel]

When I was younger and got really mad I would cry. This would suck balls when you are trying to be tough against another guy in elementary school.

I was an overprotected child and confrontation always got the worst out of me. I remember trying really hard to not cry when confronting guys but dammit, you jst cant control it.

Also, as much as I hated A.I. and as much as I wished Stephen Spielberg dropped dead, I cried during that movie. Also when i was little and watching The Land Before Time, and Dumbo.

What was the deal man, all these characters either losing their mother to circumstances or dead, ****ed up shit you had to grow up with.

Finally, i totally cried when the T100 went into the vat of molten lava in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

And suddenly Phakiel comes into focus...

[Phakiel]

Yeah, i was a huge crybaby when growing up. Havent had any rough experiences in a while so I dont know how I have "grown" and...

wait, why I am responding to you, you are just gonna write a 4 paragraph post about how I am an idiot or something.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

I'll also link sources as backup.

[Phakiel]

And provide examples to further explain a point in parenthesis.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

As well as abuse semi-colon use to an extreme degree.

[Atlas]

As well as abuse semi-colon use to an extreme degree.

I think you forgot a "d" in there.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

Nope.

[Phakiel]

Yeah, i dont see where a "d" will be at?

[Mary]

When I get really tired and frustrated I cry and sometimes I just randomly burst into them. I usually try to pretend I'm not crying and get angry at people if they don't play along.

[Mark]

I have cried before. somewhat recently too. about 5 6 months ago. it was when I found out my ex cheated on me when I was out at sea. I was pretty heart broken over the whole situation.

[Inari]

My eyes water involuntarily when I get nervous.

It's like they're sweating.

[Devil King]

I cry rather often, just not in front of an audience. Not that I think it's a sign of weakness or anything of the sort, I'm just shy like that. If I'm around people and I feel the urge, then I just excuse myself to go somewhere secluded. Whenever I do cry, I feel much better, usually. I cry for silly things most of the time, FYI.

There are only a couple of people I feel comfortable crying in front of.

[Indigo]

I can't cry... :(

[Hyde]

I can't cry... :(

Fallen is a Klingon and therefore has no tearducts.

[Data]

I cry all the time when I'm by myself. Over stupid crap. Sad and happy stuff. I can't watch a marathon or an IronMan without squirting a few. Sometimes I get morbid and think about what if my parents died.

That commercial with Sarah McLachlan with all the homeless pets and the cute kitties and the dog with one eye makes me tear up. "In the arms of an angel . . ."

[Devil King]

I'm like you.

[Matron]

Yeah, I cry a lot. Stupid stuff makes me cry. Movies that aren't sad, or parts of movies that aren't sad. My family (grandparent, cousins, aunts and uncles) make me cry a lot, because I'm pretty much just an after thought to them, even though I should be used to it by now.

I cry at the end of The Lion King, when Simba takes his place on Pride Rock and the lions all roar. I cried at the end of Crisis Core, even though I knew what was coming.

Even if I've watched something a thousand times, it'll still make me cry. I always, always cry when Melanie and Bonnie die in Gone With The Wind.

And Data, my 5 year old always makes us change the channel when that commercial comes on, she won't even let us play the song.

[Data]

Lion King is definitely a tear jerker.

I can't handle the part in Armageddon when Bruce Willis is talking to Liv Tyler, I"m all . . "Daddy!"

I hear that commercial is a sore spot for a lot of people. Damn those adorable, abandoned, disabled pets!

[Devil King]

I was listening to the soundtrack to Phantom of the Opera, and it reduced me to tears like nothing else.

[Mark]

the actual teaching are really based off of living off your emotions. as I recently found out. its not just about crying. its about letting all emotions out and not bottling them up.