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i am beyond grateful that my parents taught me the importance of crying at a young age. seeing my dad break his facade of unflinching masculinity made me realize it was okay for me to feel outwardly, no matter what it was that i felt flowing through me. today i am so happy to be able to cry in the same capacity in which i laugh and love and yearn and hurt. i know crying is a prerequisite for living but it seems that lots of people forget it’s catharsis and the fact they came into this world doing it.
Jun 27, 2024
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Truly wish someone would have told me years ago it’s okay to cry when the feelings hit—why hold that shit in? Let it flow!
Jan 3, 2025
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Cry hard, cry loud, cry in private, in public, cry when you need to cry. I spent decades of my life suppressing all my emotions and pretending to not have feelings at all! Unless something life altering and catastrophic happened, like a death, major fight/breakup, or nightmare panic attack, I just shut down. But in my late twenties and now early thirties I’ve opened up the floodgates and cry cathartically multiple times a week. Typing this out does sound like I’m unstable, and maybe I am, but crying is proven to help you self-soothe, recover from grief, detoxify, dull pain, and improve mood by releasing stress hormones. Crying and laughing and laughing until you cry and crying until you laugh. So if you feel a cry coming, don’t suppress it!!!
Aug 7, 2023
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I do it a lot. I feel like it’s a great release man. When I was younger I just kept things bottled up (Where I’m from you kinda had to, can’t look weak). Now that I’m older I do it as much as I can man. It’ll kill you if you just let things build up and nobody wants to be that guy trust me. Let that shit out, I genuinely believe crying keeps you around longer.
Jan 16, 2025
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“what are they doing? who are they seeing? nobody? really?? what are they working on? where are they going? how are they spending their time?? do they even still exist??”
NOBODY KNOWS NICE TRY MWAHAHAHA I AM AN ENIGMA
Jul 6, 2024
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like really look at it for a minute. okay ur done? no ur not look at the tree for longer. then u feel your worries and problems melt away in comparison to the great tree that has been here for ??? years and u realize tree is the answer
Jun 18, 2024
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walking is such a healing activity when you don’t have to be anywhere, just one foot in front of the other until you feel good
Jun 18, 2024