[Hunny Bunny]

I admit, I am very sensitive. I am a delicate flower. **blushing**
I don't know that I'd say I cry "a lot" but if something really evokes my emotions, you better bet I'll be shedding some tears over it. Happy or sad. A lot of life experiences touch my heart very deepy, however, somehow I wouldn't want to be any other way.

[Zombie Devil Duckie]

In the last 6 - 8 years I've cried 3 times from emotions. Once when my mother passed away, once when a close friend committed suicide, and last year when I had to have my 16 year old dog put to sleep. I have nothing against crying, it's just not something that I do often. My "sad" emotions take a darker, more somber & quiet aspect.

(I wrote crying from emotions because I have an issue with my eyes where my tear ducts occasionally work overtime. Not sure if it's an allergy or what, but it's annoying, lol).

-ZDD

[Tachio]

I've been crying alot lately, mostly because my marriage is going through a rough patch.

[gurlygurl]

I will rarely, almost never cry in public. When I do it is because either I am at a funeral and it's allowed, or I am extremely emotionally hurt and can't hold it inside anymore.

However, if people knew how much I actually cry they would probably be concerned about me. . . it's the way that I let my emotions out, and if I am around people for too long and am not able to do that I get very stressed out and it begins to show. You could say that it's a stress reliever. =P

When my best friend [now] heard that I cry almost every night he looked at me and said, "you should go see a psychiatrist". I did when I was 16 because I had been so much under stress that it began to show and my mom became concerned, [my best friend committed suicide, my friends left me because my father was found out to be a pedaphile, I found out that I was molested when a baby, memories came back of being molested as a young girl, my parents were going through a divorce, the church excommunicated us because of my father, my boyfriend told me that he hated me, and two of my other best friends died in my arms.] Honestly, I'm thankful that I'm still alive. =P That was a difficult time and I really did struggle with depression. . . However, now it's just a way that I vent without venting, because venting I have found often gets me in trouble. I tell people about my story and they will then all of a sudden become like this motherly hen, suffocating me in sympathy, or they'll become scared of me [which isn't what I want or need].

I remember when my dad died last year, giving all of his money to anyone but my mom and us and my Professor was so surprised when I kept going to class and took the exams. He wondered how I could do it. But at this point in my life I guess I'm used to it. You learn how to cope.

But crying is a norm in my life at this point.

[The Darling]

I cry all the damn time, and it's something I can't help and I have tried to since my family isn't the same. If I try to push back my tears it'll just make me fall into an even worse mood.

[metalme]

I cried a lot as a child, but I was also very distressed. Now I'll sometimes cry at emotionally-moving films/shows. I'll also cry if I'm feeling tired and sick or as an emotional stress release. I've always had to resist tearing up when I see an ambulance go by. But, overall, it's not any more than the average person.

But your ESTP not ESFJ

[lenabelle]

I cry and really cry only when I'm feeling completely hopeless about life, which is maybe a few times a year at the most. When I have a particularly strong bout of PMS, I'll cry about nothing. I cry the most when it comes to watching sad movies or books. I have a habit of crying in every sad part of every movie. I think it has something to do with empathizing too easily with the characters.

[dagnytaggart]

Look...I'm an INTJ. I'm not supposed to cry.

But this...this made me cry myself to sleep. For the first time in a decade:



Ever since, I've been donating 10% of my income to a street dog rescue in India, getting these little guys vaccinated, treated and fixed...so that fewer endure this plight, and to ease it on the dogs on the street now.

I can't not. For some reason, this issue in particular, I'm committed to now. Maybe because metaphorically, I kind of relate to them.

[Elsewhere1]

I rarely ever cry.......... It's just something I don't do. As a child, I was not much of a cryer. I only ever seem to get emotional during my monthly cycle and even then no tears fall.

[magi83]

My wife (an ESFJ) usually cries when she is under a lot of stress. I can see the signs in advance as she ordinarily seems very 'in control' - if she starts ranting incoherently and irrationally I know that she's being overwhelmed by her emotions. There's not much I can do at this stage other than try to manage the inevitable peak. It seems to help her as a form of emotional release.