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Posted by sunnydays on August 9, 2006, at 21:09:57
I don't know what is wrong with me! (well, actually, PTSD and depression is what's wrong with me) But the past two weeks or so I cry at the drop of a hat. I don't see any significant reason why. I've been working on hard stuff in therapy, but it seems like I cry about everything lately. Something really bad happened at work (but not to me, and it doesn't even really involve me) and I find myself crying about that tonight on and off. And my T is going to be gone for a week next week, although he said we can check in while he's gone. I'm just feeling soooo overwhelmed and like I am losing my mind. I see my T before he leaves, so I'll talk to him. But I hate this feeling! And crying all the time and being so upset, I just feel this horrible urgency to all my feelings. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
not so sunny, sunnydays
Posted by TherapyGirl on August 10, 2006, at 8:55:49
In reply to what is wrong with me?!, posted by sunnydays on August 9, 2006, at 21:09:57
Hi, Sunny. I know exactly what you're talking about. I've been having similar issues with crying almost every day (and believe me when I tell you that I am NOT usually a cryer). In my case, my T says it is a combination of relief/pent-up feelings about my son's recent heart surgery and the stress I'm under right now as I look for new employment (I was laid off at the beginning of the summer). In the last week, I have made the very painful decision to pursue a 6-month contract in another state. I'll be able to come home most weekends, but whether or not I will be here in time to see my T is very much unknown. And of course, I worry about being so far away from my son for four days of the week. So the tears this last week have been even more pronounced.
I share this to say that I think there are many, many situations that can cause this type of reaction. I hope your T can help you explore what you may be reacting to.
((((((((SunnyDays)))))))
Posted by Jost on August 10, 2006, at 12:21:48
In reply to what is wrong with me?!, posted by sunnydays on August 9, 2006, at 21:09:57
Sunnydays, I had a period of time when I was crying all the time. At the drop of a pin.
I would watch the TV and if anything the least bit sad happened, I would be crying. And I'm not someone who cries. I think that was why I watched the TV, so I could have a thing I knew I was crying about.
There are times when it just helps to cry. It's a release, and a form of comforting oneself, accepting that you're grieving about something-- it's a very basic human way of expressing emotions.
If you're grieving a loss in your life, or things that you wish hadn't happened, you'll get through it. For some people, even people you would never imagine, crying is part of it.
I'm sorry you're so sad right now. But the sadness, if you don't stop it from coming, will become less urgent over time.
And when you're not even expecting it, there'll be a hint of sun in the sky.
Jost
Posted by Tamar on August 10, 2006, at 18:18:11
In reply to what is wrong with me?!, posted by sunnydays on August 9, 2006, at 21:09:57
Hey Sunnydays,Yeah, I know what you’re talking about. I have times like that too. I cry about stuff that doesn’t involve me, I cry at stuff I see on the TV, I cry about stuff that happened to other people that I saw on the TV five years ago…
I don’t know exactly what causes it, but I think it’s partly about dealing with a lot of difficult things. We become very sensitive to everything for a while. It seems very normal though. I find I need extra sleep so I try to get early nights. I also find I dream about very weird things during my crying episodes. But it passes. It can take a little while, but it passes and things get easier.
I hope you find some relief.
Tamar
Posted by ElaineM on August 14, 2006, at 16:46:16
In reply to what is wrong with me?!, posted by sunnydays on August 9, 2006, at 21:09:57
Hi Sunny: I've been wondering how you're doing. I'm sorry I'm sooo late to your thread (I've been buried lately). Do you cry in your sessions? Sometimes I find that when I'm not crying for the things I should be, or when I think I should be, it starts to come out everywhere else. Like instead of crying over bad news, I end up weeping cause the mom kissed her son's head on the Bandaid commercial. As though the tears were only looking for an excuse to be let loose.
Other times, it's after I've dropped a bomb in therapy that my tears come without end. I think of that as kinda like opening the floodgates, you know?
How are (((you))) now? Any breaks yet?
Elaine
Posted by sunnydays on August 14, 2006, at 19:31:29
In reply to thinking of you » sunnydays, posted by ElaineM on August 14, 2006, at 16:46:16
Hi,
Thanks everyone for thinking of me. I'm doing alright. My T is gone for the week, so I'm trying to keep the really intense feelings away until he's back.
To answer your question, ElaineM, no, I don't really cry in sessions. I have cried two or three times, but only a very little and my T refers to them as 'almost crying', which annoys me because it's so huge for me. At the same time, though, he also acknowledges that it's really huge, but he wants me to be able to actually let myself really feel my feelings.
We discussed that my crying lately could be because my depression might be coming back - the meds could just not be working as well. So we might have to up the dosage.
Thanks for thinking of me. I haven't really been able to reply because I don't want to let the feelings out.sunnydays
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