I cry at all kinds of silly things. Sad movies, sad TV shows, sad songs, joyous versions of all of the above.
I perhaps need to get a tighter rein on my emotions.
When you look back at this, in the three seconds it'll take you to turn to dust, I think you'll find the mistake was touching my stuff.
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Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sean K - Jan 19, 2005 6:01:40 pm PST #8379 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
JenP - Jan 19, 2005 6:01:57 pm PST #8380 of 10002
But I'm not feeling.
OK, yeah, I'll give you that. That's unsensical. If I'm crying, I'm feeling something, whether I've been manipulated into it by some schlock I'm watching or by an actual real life happening. Crying without feeling anything does not happen for me.
ETA: And would probably freak me out a little.
lori - Jan 19, 2005 6:02:19 pm PST #8381 of 10002
Not ticklish. I do tend to get irritated and hit people though.
Crying in irritation would count too.
Jesse - Jan 19, 2005 6:02:43 pm PST #8382 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, for me, crying used to be catharsis of the negative. Now it's too often something with no emotion attached to it. I don't see anything good about that.
No emotion, that's no good. I like it in general when it's some good thing overflowing out my eyeballs. But that's just misting up. I don't know from actual crying. I only do that in emergencies.
Scrappy - Jan 19, 2005 6:03:15 pm PST #8383 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
True, ita, but it's a really strong non-verbal way to share feelings. At my friend Tom's memorial service, a look with eyes overflowing with tears said how much he was missed to his mom in a way me standing there telling her didn't.
sarameg - Jan 19, 2005 6:04:07 pm PST #8384 of 10002
I tried very hard to not cry at a wedding. The 11 year old best man helped by crossing his eyes.
I used to have certain books I'd read specifically to provoke an emotional meltdown. Mister Whiskers and Dearest Prickles (cat and hedgehogs,) if you are wondering. Basically, for when I couldn't cry over things I needed to, it broke the dam.
aurelia - Jan 19, 2005 6:04:40 pm PST #8385 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm cold. And my face hurts. I may go to bed early and watch tonight's tv shows over the weekend. Maybe by then my drafting table will be back where it belongs and not in front of the tv.
P.M. Marc - Jan 19, 2005 6:05:02 pm PST #8386 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I found myself getting choked up by Guys and Dolls the other day. I have no idea why.
The last time I had a serious weepfest was the day after the election, which is I think where all my pent-up angst went.
sarameg - Jan 19, 2005 6:05:14 pm PST #8387 of 10002
Night night. Me to bed.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 6:11:23 pm PST #8388 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Crying in irritation would count too.
Who's crying? The tickler or the ticklee?
it's a really strong non-verbal way to share feelings
Oh, I certainly never considered crying a method of communication, and would get a bit offended by anyone who spent any time judging the depth of the emotions I'm feeling by the amount of liquid coming from my eyes -- might as well judge it by the size of the wreath I placed on the grave.