When and Why do you Cry?

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BlazeTheCatGF Nov 11, 2024 @ 12:33pm

I've noticed I only ever "cry" when I find something inspiring. I actually get teary eyed often when I watch a show or see something that I feel inspires me somehow.

So do you all ever cry and about what?

I'm almost 40. I think the last time I cried due to sadness or being hurt by someone was like 15 years ago.

The last time was when I was watching "Darling In The Franxx" and they had so many cute moments in Hiro X Zero Two's Relationship. I THINK it's because they get to have a cute romance and love that I myself am lacking and never will have.... but it's not because I am sad but I am happy they are a couple and it's way cute.

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Fuki (she/they) Nov 11, 2024 @ 2:44pm

i only ever cry if something scares the ♥♥♥♥ out of me.

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Shiro♌ Nov 11, 2024 @ 4:09pm

The reasons for that are gonna vary, but most are gonna be bound to the moments when I get emotional, usually at the privacy with nobody but myself.

So, being emotional it is..
What gets me emotional also varies, but mostly applies to the situations when I reminiscent about the positive memories of my past, when I let my pride get hurt to the point that I can't handle it anymore and require to shed a tear or two to recover, and so on..

Watching anime, movies, reading visual novels or books, and seeing one of the my favorite characters draw the short end of the stick is enough to get me emotional.
I think, it's got to do with me getting attached to the characters and trying to empathize with them, trying to see their life (despite being fictional) from their eyes.
And, yeah.
It does tend to match up, which has become surprising to me at first aswell, but I've managed to get used to it by now.

To relate a bit, the scenes you're mentioning did make me emotional when I first watched them.
To see the couple so happy, and I knew there was no way to stop them.. So I cried, headed to bed, and slept so well that I couldn't manage to sleep any better in many years from then on.
- Making other people happy makes me happy, and seeing them happy is enough to get me emotional, so to speak.

Reminds me of the moments when a team wins a trophy in some sport.
That's one of the best examples I can come up with, one that's from the reality instead of from the fiction.
Seeing those people happy makes me wanna cry.. Not out of feeling envious, but out of happiness.

It could be said that I'm a very emotional person, and there's no way I'd disagree with that.
It's just that I don't show this side of mine to about anyone.. So far, haven't shown to anyone.
Those who know me do already know that, but even my BFF never saw that side of me. That's still a secret to me and me alone.

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