Help...

[The Batman]

Something is wring with me. I'm tired and really down right now and all I want to do is bury my head in my pillow and cry. The problem is the tears won't flow and I'm just getting a huge headache from it. When I was younger I cried a lot and now o can't ever cry just hild it in and my head starts hurting. What's wrong with me?

[Bougainvillea]

I hardly cry, and when I do, this is pretty much what happens. I really don't think there's anything wrong.

Thomas, a nice mug of cinnamon tea always helps. That, and some sleep.

Love you. :)

[Inconvenience]

Something is wring with me. I'm tired and really down right now and all I want to do is bury my head in my pillow and cry. The problem is the tears won't flow and I'm just getting a huge headache from it. When I was younger I cried a lot and now o can't ever cry just hild it in and my head starts hurting. What's wrong with me?

come onn, u're man ;) well, i don't claim that men don't cry, but cryin for nothing... sounds kinda weird. tell urself ur man and that u gotta be strong.

[BuryYourFlame]

mmm, i can't seem to cry properly either. i'm not sure it's something that's wrong though...just...something...who we are. try and sleep a bit more tom.

take care mate...

[nick]

I dont care for that "men dont cry" crap, its good sometimes its a great form of relief.

Sorry to hear you're feeling down like that Tom. What I find is that I cant cry on demand, when I think I should, it works to its own timetable and comes on me unexpectedly. Best wishes anyway.

[Ripplemagne]

I used to cry quite often when I was younger as well. Nowadays, it's pretty rare if I do at all. I'm a bit of a movie pansy, so that's an exception for me, but in terms of emotional distress, not really.

According to Dr. Sears (http://www.askdrsears.com/html/5/t051200.asp), "Studies have shown that babies whose cries are promptly attended to actually learn to cry less as older infants and toddlers." I would imagine that the same principle applies to young teenagers to older teenagers; if you tend to your distress correctly, you require it less when you're older.

It's all theoretical, but it could explain why we cry less as we get older.

[The Batman]

According to Dr. Sears (http://www.askdrsears.com/html/5/t051200.asp), "Studies have shown that babies whose cries are promptly attended to actually learn to cry less as older infants and toddlers." I would imagine that the same principle applies to young teenagers to older teenagers; if you tend to your distress correctly, you require it less when you're older.

It's all theoretical, but it could explain why we cry less as we get older.

I read that as Dr. Seuss I was ready for a rhyme -_-.

Anyways, I can see how it's a part of growing up like you get older and you don't have to cry as often but I can actually point out the exact moment when this started happening which was when I was 15 and my parents marriage was ending(I really didn't care though) and I was starting to learn some things that I didn't know. Then I stopped showing my emotions and just kept them in. Before then whatever I was feeling was right there for anyone to see, but now when I want to start crying again and just let some of this out it just isn't happening and it's just making me feel worse.

[Ripplemagne]

It likely correlates with an accelerated need to build a foundation for yourself. Like above, you settled your own needs, so crying isn't as common for you.

[2D]

Heh. I found a bawww thread on "That Which Cannot Be Named" and it made me cry. Then a person made me cry the very next day. It had been about a year before that since I cried the last time. You could always get in a motorcycle accident. That works quite well.

[CuriousDestruction]

i'm sorry you feel so down tom. i know how you feel. i kinda just want to start screaming and crying my eyes out usually. you know you can drop me a PM or IM anytime bro. *hugs*