Crying

June 14th:

I'm a total wuss. What I mean by that is that I cry easily. At books. At shows. At movies. At songs. Pretty much anything that has the potential to be emotional is capable of making me cry.

Yesterday I considered writing my blog about sympathetic crying which is a condition in which person #1 begins to cry only because person #2 is crying. But I scrapped the idea after a few failed attempts to begin the post. I thought it was pretty ironic when that very night I was watching a show and found myself crying alongside the person on the screen. I do love and feel a connection to said character, but I don't know her personally, nor did her tragedy affect me, so why was I crying? Oh, right, I'm a sympathetic crier. I actually took a picture of my tearstained face while watching the show because I thought it was so funny and was going to share it with all y'all, but I look horrible, as people generally do when they're crying, so I'll spare you that horror ;)

I've talked to a lot of people about their emotional reactions to movies and books and have come to the conclusion that I am the most emotional person in my immediate friend group. Books in particular are my downfall. They have the power of tears, laughter, sighs, and anger over me. Very powerful little bits of paper sewn together! I like watching people read fiction (yes, kinda creepy) because I love watching their reactions, however I am usually disappointed because I don't know anyone who reacts as strongly as I do to fictitious things! My favorite books are those that I can read over and over and still have a crazy emotional reaction to. Sounds kinda strange, but it's true.

Unlike some people, I also don't hate crying. I mean, crying in front of other people is a different, very embarrassing matter and if I've cried in front of you I must really trust you, but I think crying at least twice a month (if not once a week) is completely healthy. Catharsis, my brethren! I get the whole "gotta be a man" or "I don't wanna look pathetic" ideology, but come on, we all know it feels good to cry and get all that emotion out!

When was the last time YOU cried? What at? Do you hate crying, or do you appreciate the God-given outlet?

Well, through your tears... keep it classy! ;)