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Kristen, prompted

October 19, 2021

Something I do when I’m sad

Uhhhh, I cry.

This seems like a pretty obvious answer, but I suppose there are plenty of people out there who don’t cry when they’re sad!

On a spectrum that runs from “easy crier” to “hardly ever cries”, I definitely skew a little toward the “easy crier” end of things.

This is particularly true if I start to express what I am sad about.

If I start typing about something that triggers emotions in me, I either tear up or start actually crying.

And it is WAY worse if I talk out loud about the thing I’m sad about.

I am also a sympathetic crier; if someone else is sad, I will often tear up for them. In fact, when I have played the piano for funerals of complete strangers, I have fought back tears as I hear the family speak.

And when it’s a funeral where I know the person or the family….oof. I am a mess! The aunt and uncle of mine that Lisey is living with lost their daughter to cancer about five years ago.

My cousin was older than me, and I never knew her very well, but my goodness, when my uncle got up at the funeral and started talking, I lost it.

Kristen as a child, sitting in her uncle's lap.
My uncle and me, way back when

(full disclosure: I started tearing up now just typing about that funeral!)

Seeing his sorrow….man, I felt that anguish in my soul. And since I am a parent, it is not hard to imagine how I might feel in his shoes.

Anyway. I am a disaster at funerals because of this, and I have promised myself that I will never try to get up and speak at a funeral because I already know that would be a pointless exercise. No words would come out; just tears!

Supposedly there are health benefits to crying, and if this is true, well, that’s good news for me. 😉

What do you do when you’re sad?

And are you a crier?

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  1. kristin @ going country says

    October 19, 2021 at 7:03 am

    I am not much of a crier. That said, there have been several deaths and other family things this year that have reduced me to tears. What I have found myself doing a lot more is praying. I am not really a spontaneous prayer, but the rote prayers (mostly the Hail Mary and the prayer Catholics say for a departed soul) are soothing for me.

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  2. Sfeather says

    October 19, 2021 at 10:00 am

    Oh…I am definitely a crier! I cry when I am sad, I cry when others are sad or hurting, I cry when I’m happy, I cry when I am overwhelmed or overly tired, and yes, I cry when I am angry (which really annoys me no end!). Apparently, ALL of my emotions are expressed via tears….

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  3. Ruth T says

    October 19, 2021 at 11:49 am

    I’m a crier. I cry easily if I’m sleep-deprived and I’m also a sympathetic crier.

    Sometimes I listen to Christmas music if I’m sad. Doesn’t really matter what time of year it is. But Christmas music is a good pick-me-up if I need one.

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  4. Anita Isaac says

    October 19, 2021 at 12:27 pm

    There is nothing wrong with being a crier. I am one of those people and I give myself ten minutes to cry and feel bad and then I go on with life. The problem is that I revisit the sadness the next night when I am trying to go to sleep. But I am working on it.

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  5. Lindsey says

    October 19, 2021 at 4:13 pm

    I cry when I am angry or frustrated. When I am sad, I just get quiet. When I worked, it horrified me that when something really made me mad, I could not talk about it without tearing up. I learned to write memos, so that my bosses woudl not see me cry.

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  6. Donna Wilson says

    October 20, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    I’m both a crier and a cleaner! Every time I’m sad, unless dealing with grief which is different and paralyzing for me, I clean. Something about house or yard work dispels a bit of the tension and sadness for me.

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