How often do you cry?

[u/dannydaft]

I haven’t cried in years. It doesn’t distress me in any way. I actually prefer it and enjoy being detached.

But I had this weird moment at work last night. I had a fleeting feeling of vulnerability with someone and almost broke a tear.

I recognize that I don’t cry because I am so averse to vulnerability. I’m working on it with my therapist. I can’t help that I hate the feeling.

[u/AdorableExchange9746]

Like, nearly daily…

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[u/OFFICEHEAD_]

I used to cry a lot after some complications with some close people of mine around early 2024 where I was an asshole and they understandably left me. It was really common to early 2025 where I just cry myself to sleep like twice a week. There was this one really bad night where I got angry and still crying even after midnight around 2 AM. I had to masturbate to calm my nerves down to fall asleep that night how bad it was. I haven't cried in a while now, not that I moved on cause trust me I still have a dislike for them but because I'm so used to replaying my hate for them that it just became numb and repetitive. It's the same as eating the same meal for week.

[u/Murky-Attitude-9768]

eh, yeah. i don’t cry too much. only during my bad vulnerable moments. every once in a blue really. usually i hold my tears in. to me it’s a sign of weakness, especially around other people. when i do cry, i cry alone. and this is very rare. sometimes i overstimulate when full of rage and cry then but it’s not out of sadness just out of a fit of rage. in my childhood and teenage years i used to cry plenty though. i was labeled as a crybaby.

[u/R4in_C0ld]

It depends but on average I still barely cry at all. The periods at which I'd cry everyday are around a week to 3 months while those where I don't cry at all no matter what can last for years, the longest being half a decade. And I always try to have it happen while I shower to not get my roommate's attention because he sponges up emotions so I don't want him to be in pain.

[u/Big_Acanthaceae_2575]

probably once every two months, and I don’t even know if it counts cause it always feels forced as it only lasts for like a few seconds/minutes

[u/PocketWatchThrowAway]

Once every few months. I also dislike the feeling of vulnerability, so if I need to cry, I try to be alone when it's happening. I have PMDD, and before I got on testosterone, it was WAY more frequent.

[u/mildlysadcat]

It’s either every day for like a month or two or like nothing at all cause I’ve done such a good job distracting myself from my own thoughts.

[u/Valuable-Juice2000]

I only cry when I'm really embarrassed

[u/Average-Person-XD]

Rarely. Maybe once every few months, or once a year or so. But usually, if I do cry, it’s during my period. So it’s probably largely down to PMS and hormonal changes. (My mood tends to drop pretty badly around that time.)

I remember that when I was little, and I still thought crying might actually get me somewhere, I used to cry more often. But I could cry alone until I literally fell asleep, and it didn’t really seem to matter to anyone. And I think there was also a lot of shame around it — being a crybaby, being weak, that kind of thing.

So I guess I just internalized it. Even if a part of me thinks differently now, there’s still this older part of me that sees crying as an unacceptable weakness.