Hello Friends,
This blog segment is going to be an “anything goes” situation. It may be mental health rants, reviews of mental health-related products, books or movies, or something totally different that I just felt like writing about. As I said, anything goes. Make sure to follow me on social media to make sure you never miss a post! Today, it is about the importance and positives of crying.
We have all heard, “Boys don’t cry” or “Girls cry too much.” There is such a stigma around crying, and I don’t understand why. Personally, I love crying. Well, I love crying in certain circumstances. No, I didn’t love it when I got hit in the face with a football and started crying or when I cried because my fish died . However, I do love crying when I feel overwhelmed or stressed or any big emotion, really.
Another common misconception is that people only cry when they are sad. That is not the case. Crying is a physical release of emotions. You can cry when you are sad, stressed, happy, overwhelmed, angry, or anything else.
I am very guilty of holding my emotions in and bottling them up, and let me tell you, it sucks. It makes me feel like my heart is heavy, and I am carrying the world’s weight on my back. However, when I lie on the floor in my bedroom, put on my favourite sad song, and have an excellent 10-minute cry, I feel SO MUCH BETTER.
“Crying relieves pressure on the soul.” ― Toba Beta
After a good cry, I feel lighter, I often have more clarity, and I can usually move past whatever upset me more easily. Why is this, you ask? Well, when you cry, you physically release emotions. Think of each tear as a drop being removed from that bottle full of feelings you have held inside you. When you cry, you pour out some of the contents of the bottle, and thus, it feels lighter. You have also cleared space being taken up by those emotions and now have more room to think.
Now, if you are still thinking, “I don’t cry,” no matter your reason…I recommend you start. Crying is a natural way of dealing with our emotions that society has taught us makes us weak. I am going to hold your hand while I tell you this…CRYING DOES NOT MAKE YOU WEAK. If anything, it makes you stronger. As it is a healthy way of dealing with and working through emotions. I am not saying to have a breakdown in the middle of the grocery store. Start by letting yourself cry it out in private first and see how it goes.
If you are still opposed to crying or just don’t enjoy it the way I do, there are other ways to physically release emotions, such as screaming into a pillow, a high-intensity workout, throwing a ball at the wall, etc. Butttt…I really recommend you at least try crying for a minute or two and just see what happens. Learning that it is okay to let it out has truly made such a big difference in my life, and it truly makes me feel so much better.
Well, that is my rant for the day. Let me know your thoughts/feelings about crying in the comments!
Until next week, My Friends!
P.S. I’m proud of you 😉