Yes, and I recommend it to everyone. A good pity party with a "why me" and a good cry, followed by a prayer... Then you are set for another round of this damnedable disease.

Let's all say together..."I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"!!

OK....alllllll better??????

edit: except for the headache I always get from crying..

Maybe I'll do that later. It sounds like too much work right now.

Sally, the good thing then is you laugh again and make me laugh. Sometimes it does suck and it's time for crying.

I usually have to have something else set me off.....like a sad television show (Extreme Home Makeover is usually good for this) or one of those animal abuse commercials (the one with the Sarah McLaughlin song). But once I get going I start to think about everything else that could possibly make me cry and I'm good to go for about 30 minutes. I try hard not to do it at night, though, because I'll wake up with swollen eyes and a vicious headache. I usually try to cry when I'm alone - that way I don't have to reassure everyone that I'm really okay. I don't like explaining myself. But a good cry can be very refreshing.

its a real challenge to get me to cry. if it happens I am either very mad (run!) or very sad (hold me) or very tired (naptime)

I have never been one to sniffle at movies, or TV shows. I have so many g/fs that look at me in amazement and say "dont you think that is sad?" I do, but the tears dont come. maybe its the sjoghrens. dry eye syndrome of something.

I could use a good cry. its been a long time.

Hugs for sal pal

Come on over and we'll peel some onions!


A good cry is good therapy just to get it all out of your system and start fresh again.

Afterward you can laugh again which is even better therapy!

Oh, I'm there with you on this one. maybe it's a good cry I need. I feel the fear building inside me and no amount of 'personal growth' books can release me from it.
Perhaps a dvd, say, Message in a Bottle can help. That's therapy don't you know !!!

I wanna find her email so I can send her pix of all the dogs I adopted on account of her and her commercials.




Some words for you ladies who are not crying - Wait for menopause. Just wait.

Originally Posted by Kitty
or one of those animal abuse commercials (the one with the Sarah McLaughlin song).


As soon as that comes on, I switch channels. I cannot watch it..

oh! me too! I simply cannot/willnot watch those commercials. I am a long time supporter of the ASPCA and donate to my local shelter. All my animals are rescue, and so forth, but I simply cannot watch that. I am impressed that they are allowed to put it on channels where children are watching kids shows, and then they see hungry, beaten, abused kitties, and scream "mom! we have to go get a kitten!"

I sometimes envy my g/fs that are able to sniffle away at sad movies, or emotional events, but then other times, I am just fine with being the stong girl I am. I do feel sad, I do feel emotional, but the tears have never been part of the make up of who I am. My mother is the same way, I think in the last 47 years I have seen her cry less than 5 times.

My ex MIL was quite different, and I was always amazed at how easily she could flip over and sob. She would cry at a good white sale at JCP. She would cry at the news, cry at movies, cry when hearing bad news about people she didnt know. If I had to pick an extreme, I would rather stay dry. Of course, she wasnt my fav person in the world either, so I never made any attempt to get to know her better.