Are You Emotional?
By Sharon
@simone10 (54187)
Louisville, Kentucky
November 27, 2015 6:17am CST
I have been so emotional lately and I'm not really sure where it is coming from. I have noticed that I cry easily if I see someone on TV start to cry. This has been going on for several weeks now. I have never been one to cry at the drop of a hat. I know it's not menopause because I went through that nine years ago.
To top it all off, yesterday I was watching the Macy parade and a band from our hometown was in the parade. I knew they had been selected so it wasn't like it was a surprise. But as soon as they started playing, I started crying. My brother thought I had lost my mind.
I think some of it stems from the fact that I haven't felt good in a long time. All these feelings have been held down and are now surfacing through crying. I'm not sure if that is what it is but I just know it's not me at all. Is it a sign of getting older? I don't know.
Are you emotional and cry easily? What was the last thing that made you cry?
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30 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
27 Nov 15
It's okay, there is nothing wrong with expressing our emotion when the situation touches our heart. It is normal. What is not normal is mood swing. But the emotions you have lately been displaying is not. I myself do cry a lot over circumstances that move my heart.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
27 Nov 15
I think our social cue on emotional responses are always veered towards the negative, if someone cries something must be hugely wrong, if someone laughs something must be great.
I think sometimes emotions (like thoughts) just need to be expressed, it's not necessarily good or bad. Laughing inappropriately and excessively can be bad too.
From your posts is it sound like something to do with the band had triggered your emotional response. You could try what "pop" psychology do, write down the name of that band & write down the first word that comes into you head you associate with the band. Then an explanation to why you associate the two. You might find something interesting there.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
1 Dec 15
@Drosophila I've had trouble sleeping for the last 9 years and I'm in a lot of pain off and on so that could be where it's all coming from.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
28 Nov 15
@simone10 If you feel the undercurrent already, then the band just sounds like a trigger. Have you been sleeping well, lack of sleep can affect us in all sorts of ways too.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Nov 15
I am very emotional as well. Usually sad things are what make me cry. I think I have been very emotionnal for a long time, and not sure why either. I have had things going on in my life, that habe made me cry quite a bit lately. I don't like when that happens, as I would much rather be laughing than crying.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 15
@simone10 That is quite possible. I wish I weren't so emotional, but I am and if I could change it, I certainly would. I think what it is though, is i have a lot of compassion for other people, and it reflects on the fact that i get very emotional about it.
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@rebelann (113071)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Nov 15
Oh good, glad you get to stay in one place for a while @simone10 but don't be fooled about menopause, it's an ongoing process that kicks our hormones around but it does slow down after the first few years. I started mine in 1998 and I still have bouts of flashes and moods now and then, just not as bad as it was in the beginning.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
27 Nov 15
I can be quite cold and dry though sometimes a tearful movie scene can bring tears to my eyes too
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
28 Nov 15
@simone10 it is a good healthy reaction and shows they made the movie work, though a few times I have felt tearful at wasting $10.00 and two hours of my life i'll never get back watching utter rubbish
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Nov 15
@arthurchappell I can certainly understand that. We rarely go out to movies anymore. We will either wait for it to come out on cable or watch it on Netflix.
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@Marilynda1225 (83234)
• United States
28 Nov 15
I cry easily...don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
5 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 I think being able to express your emotions would be a good thing.
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
27 Nov 15
yes i am become emotional every time when i hear my national anthem because in it only pain of our freedom fighter and what struggle they do to free our country.sometimes some movie i watch which is very heart touching and romantic then in some scene i really cry because it very close moment.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Nov 15
@birjudanak I've never heard the band play before and I didn't know the song they played either. It's just really strange. Maybe it was due to pent up emotions that hadn't been expressed yet.
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
28 Nov 15
@simone10 may be some attachment with band or song or music or theme otherwise you not become emotional.
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
28 Nov 15
I hate it, I am going through the same thing right now. I cry at the littlest things, its so annoying
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
1 Dec 15
@Castlerock34 I wish it would go away too.
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
28 Nov 15
@simone10 Agreed, I am not used to this either. It sucks and I wish it would go away
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Nov 15
Yes I am emotional and I do cry easily these days, also not quite sure why.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Nov 15
@simone10 I wonder, even my husband is much more emotional. I thought it might be his medication but I don't take what he takes.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
1 Dec 15
@BelleStarr I guess it's something that we may never know the answer to.
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@DeborahDiane (40326)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Nov 15
I am not all that emotional. However, as my husband has gotten older, he has become more emotional!
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