Do you cry when very sad?

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Hi there,

Here some introspective thoughts about myself and crying:

Sometimes when i am really sad, then i just sit there and there is no expression on my face, and i also don't cry, I just sit there. If i remember it, or when someone asks me, i just say "i was very sad", i describe it like that. But why don't i cry? I think, crying needs some effort to be done, when i am very sad, my body doesn't start crying automatically, my body is also stuck, i would have to make a decision to do it, to start crying, but when really in that sad mode, i don't make this decision, I am too sad to think about that, if i would think of it, then i wouldn't be that sad. Later, I start crying, and sometimes it gets worse then again. I think I just cry when i feel better again.

Hope this was introspective enough? Or not?

Do you cry when extremely sad?

byebye,
Anton

I cry very easily when I'm sad, or upset. I'm not a baby by any means. I've been like this for as long as I could remember. I still am to this day. People say that I'm too sensitive. They'll just have to deal with it. There's always the option of leaving the room for both parties. I think with my heart. Most people think with their head. There's nothing wrong with that.

Most people swear when they're upset, instead.

I cry easily, but I don't cry when I'm sad. I cry when I think people are mad at my or when I'm frustrated

PS: please also state if you are an aspie! thx.

Yes, I have Aspergers

I almost never cry. It's been years. Maybe two or 3 times in the last 3 decades. It's not that I don't feel things. The expressiveness just locks up when the feeling gets too intense. This freezing up happens for any intense emotion, not just sadness.

Crying does not take effort for me. It is something that comes automatically. In order to keep from crying when I experience intense emotions, I have to exert a great deal of effort, and sometimes this does not work.

I believe that whether or not you cry could be based on quite a few things, such as: If you are more emotional or logical, how "in touch" you are with your feelings (introspection), etc.

I have not been diagnosed, but I believe it is very likely that I have Asperger's

When my feelings are really mixed up, when I feel that I really should cry then I'm not able to. Though I try it really hard to shed some tears, it just won't come out.

Otherwise, a sad movie for instance, I cry a lot.

I never cry over my own unhappiness. Ever. I'm just one cold stoic. I might cry in sympathy if someone I care about (but who would that be?) is unhappy, might, and I'm a regular gusher over sad movies. Oh, my, does that mean I'm a little, uh, empathetic?

I cried on and off for several days right after my husband died, but I am generally not a crier. Dry-eyed at my wedding, and the births of my children. Dry-eyed at every funeral I've ever been to (except my husband's). The day my oldest started kindergarten, I was the only mom on the bus stop not crying.

But sometimes, after a really busy waitress shift, I'll feel like crying for no reason. I usually don't, but I feel like the slightest thing could put me over the edge.

And certain movies make me cry. Field of Dreams ("Hey, Dad....wanna have a catch?"), the end of Thelma and Louise, Toy Story 3.

Sometimes, but not usually. I often smile when I'm sad.

I'm am aspie as well.

I almost never cry when really say. I'm more likely to cry if I'm in extreme pain or very very stressed. But sometimes if I'm crying for a different reason I'll start to get sad. I guess I bottle things up. And I'm also an aspie. (For future reference, most are aspies or auties and posters will state if they are NT).