Havent cried in 4 years?

[Scotland]

Im not sure if this is in the right section or not, but oh well.

My life was hard a few years ago, this subconsiously forced me to be the strong one in my family and since then i havent cried, i remember the last time i cried. It was around 2am in the morning, my nephew was crying and my mum was stressed i missed my dad being there (even though i knew that if he was there he would probably just be in his bed sleeping anyway) this was about 3-4 years ago, since then iv watched all of my family break down at some point, my dad, my mum, my sister. Iv watched as my friends struggle through some of their worst points and they break down and cry aswell, But not me, iv felt so many times like i want to just break down and cry, iv even tried, but nothing i do can reduce me to tears.

Im not sure why i wrote that, or if it even made sense, im not really looking for a reply to this.

I suppose my question is : Is that normal?

Thanks in advance
-TheLonelyScot

[mikeywrenn]

Man, honestly, if you've truly been there and supported everyone and not surcome to your own emotion, then I damn-well salute you. I can't imagine not crying every so often, I do it sometimes when I don't even have a reason.

[DoctorNewbie]

Unusual? Hell, yes. Something wrong with it? Not at all. Some people have different ways of showing emotion, you just have a different way than most.

[SeanM1997]

I haven't cried since about 2007 when my best friend killed himself. I was 11 at the time and it devistated me. I miss him sometimes but it isn't a depression. I feel your pain and what you're going through. My Dad was the stong one for a while and he had to be away from us for about 2years to live in Afghanistan for his company and he came back for hollidays and such, but one time he just broke down and cried. My entire family cried but me, I felt bad but I didn't cry.

[Scotland]

I haven't cried since about 2007 when my best friend killed himself. I was 11 at the time and it devistated me. I miss him sometimes but it isn't a depression. I feel your pain and what you're going through. My Dad was the stong one for a while and he had to be away from us for about 2years to live in Afghanistan for his company and he came back for hollidays and such, but one time he just broke down and cried. My entire family cried but me, I felt bad but I didn't cry.

I know just how you feel, im very sorry to hear about your friend, I guess we just have diffrent ways of showing emotion like the above posts said