Posted by catachrest on July 31, 2003, at 22:52:44
In reply to Re: Why can't I cry? » catachrest, posted by Dinah on July 31, 2003, at 16:22:13
I only wish I were in therapy. I can't afford to pay for it myself (my bills are such that my next three paychecks are pretty much spoken for), and I can't get in to see the publically-funded people (I live in Canada) until October - the waiting list is that long. :( :( I'm looking into other options, but right now I'm feeling somewhat outlet-less.
I'll try the emotional movie angle: sounds like it might have promise! Thanks.
> Wow. I really know how you feel. I sometimes think that's how therapy works. The only place I really allow myself to cry is there. Sometimes something will happen where tears will race down my cheeks, outside therapy, but it isn't the sort of cathartic crying that helps.
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> The only other thing I try to do that has any effect at all, and that is just a stronger almost crying, is crank up the emotions. Watch "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" or "A River Runs Through It", listen to "No More Tears in Heaven". There's another one too, can't recall it right now. Dog stories can work (the darn dog always dies), but I dislike that feeling so much that I avoid them anyway.
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> Do you go to therapy? It's amazing the way that works. It's like a crying permission slip.
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