Do you cry?
 

So ever since i started cutting and self harming myself it seems like i have a very hard time to cry...its like i just cant no more..is that bad? dose anyone else do this? or just have a hard time crying?

i used to cry a lot when i was a kid but got told off for it so i didnt cry for more than 10 years. i have cried a lot recently though since the woman i was marrying left me. some people do have a hard time crying and you shouldn't worry about it as long as you know crying is a good thing. hope you are ok

I find this at times.
But then at times such as now, I've not cut but I still can't cry.

It's not so much cutting stops your ability to cry, moreover that your mindset is slightly altered, you're approaching emotions and situations in a different way and so where you would have cried before, you're mind's thinking, well no because I'm going to cope through cutting now, or whatever. And even when cutting's not there, your mind is still somewhat in that way of thinking.

Atleast that's how I see it.


Tc <3

I started cutting again recently becuase i was crying too much, like all the time. Now i can't cry.

it depends... sometimes I find I can't cry at all. But sometimes something completely stupid will set me off. And then I can't stop. I think it's because I usually stop myself when I tihnk I'm going to cry.

i can never cry, probably more the effect of meds rather than self harm for me though.

I think some people use self harm as a release rather than crying, so that when they are using it, they don't need to cry so much because they get their release from self harm.

I used to cry when I self injured, but I know some people who didn't or couldn't cry who self injured instead. I guess it's a similar release.

I can never cry properly. :-(

i didnt cry for years, as was told off for it when i was little. now i've got over that a bit, and either i cant cry at all even tho it feels like you need to, and other times i'll just cry at the stupidist things! not sure if its entirely just to do with self harm, just need to remember its ok to cry!

I can't cry. Cutting is like my version of crying. :\

I can't cry when I cut but when I stop cutting I cry all the time, literally whenever I'm alone. I think it's like I can have one or the other. They're both ways of coping and I've been trying to substitue cryign for cutting.. Hasnt really worked. But a while back Id been cutting for a couple of months without even trying to stop and it was impossible for me to cry. Even one tear was progress for me.

I think in a way it can be a good thing. It means more motivation for stopping cutting, because i hate when I cant cry, but its totally normal to nto be able to cry. You just need to try and decide whether its worth giving up s/h for. ( which it can be =) )

i havent cried in along time, i have such a hard time because i need to cry but cant thats probably why i use cutting so much

I have an extremely hard time crying at all. As a kid, I was told that crying was a sign of "weakness". Ever since then, the only time I ever cry is when I'm alone, and even then, it's only one or two tear drops.

I struggle to cry as well, although not coz of self-harm. I had trouble crying before then

I can't cry.
Haven't in a very long time now.
I feel like it, but the tears literally wont come out.

i find it very very very hard to cry when i want to. when its something really stupid and im exhausted and stuff i can cry but not when it actualli means anything

I think I started again when I stopped being able to cry

I know exactly what you mean. Personally, I think it's because both crying, and cutting are a form of release, and for me at least, I usually pick one over the other. I guess it's just that I get so used to cutting that I find it hard to get used to other ways for me to cope.

Now that I think of it, when I don't cut for a little while, or not that often, I cry alot more. But, when I start cutting regularly whenever I get upset, I don't see the point in crying, it's more of a numb feeling.

Take care!

xoxo

I have been finding it very hard to cry lately.
I can never truly cry, it is always like a sob and then i get huge headaches.
But I hate to cry because it shows people that I am hurt and it can be a waste of time.