Harry Tuttle Wrote:
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> I am honestly not uncomfortable with the subject
> of crying... People cry around me all the time...
> I understand why people cry... I know it's healthy
> to cry occasionally... it makes you feel
> better...
>
> I also think that if you are crying a couple of
> times a day, and can't wait until you are in a
> private setting to do it, that there is a problem
> that needs to be addressed. It is important that
> humans control their emotions... acting
> impulsively on every emotion is dangerous... of
> course, too much self-control is just as
> unhealthy... it's about balance...
>
> Just because I was conditioned not to cry does not
> make me out of touch with my emotions... The fact
> that I don't cry in public... ever... and can't
> remember the last time I openly wept... does not
> mean that talking about crying makes me
> uncomfortable...
>
> Sure, I will admit that I am not comfortable
> crying... especially in front of someone.. but I
> don't feel the need to bring my problems onto
> others... People pretend to be nice and usually
> want to help... they will ask what's wrong even
> when they don't really care... I would not bother
> someone with my problems unless I felt they
> genuinely cared... and also that they were stable
> enough to take on my problems without ruining
> their day.
>
> I understand that some people don't have the
> self-control that I do. I also understand why
> people would be uncomfortable with a strange man
> crying in public...
>
> How does that indicate that I'm uncomfortable with
> the subject?
>
> Mr. Misery Wrote:
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> > maybe that's why the whole crying subject makes
> > you so uncomfortable......you're out of touch
> with
> > your emotions. You're afraid to cry, because
> it's
> > too honest an emotion. It frightens you.
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