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I don't cry very often, so when I do, it's like a levee has broken. I'll usually end up crying for hours, or on and off for days once I have begun. It's like a whole event when I do start to cry for me because I know the next week will feel like i'm holding a volatile energy within me.
Oddly enough, I also get very emotional when I see people out in public busking or performing in public areas, but I usually have to hold that back because it can be untimely (ex: when i saw a person playing the guitar and singing as Christmas shoppers strolled by in the mall, and ended up having to go to the bathroom to collect myself). Not sure why this happens, but it can be sort of frustrating!
Crying feels natural to me, so I try my best to let it out when the feeling comes.
Jul 18, 2025
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💧There is something so liberating about walking around a park or busy city streets just bawling my eyes out. like fuck im sad, but what’s even more sad to me right now is being alone in my room??
If I feel like crying i‘ll grab my headphones and go outside. Not only is there more chance that I’ll see something outside that will make me less sad (like that time a fluffy dog jumped onto the bench i was crying on and sat with me), but it’s quite comforting to be so open. Granted sometimes I end up crying too hard and wish no one could see me. But most the time I can feel comfort in knowing that half the people I’m walking past probably want to cry too
and if you really don’t want people to SEE you cry just stick on some sunglasses and get out there
and if you really don’t want people to SEE you cry just stick on some sunglasses and get out there
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💧This was something that started when I began healing. I cry every day out of gratitude or beauty. I cry when something is sad. I don't feel ashamed.
When I was young, I learned to hide my emotions away. I never cried in front of people if I could help it. Now I let my emotional freak flag fly.
When I was young, I learned to hide my emotions away. I never cried in front of people if I could help it. Now I let my emotional freak flag fly.
Jul 17, 2025
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🗝I generally don’t cry often, so my tears somehow feel like a precious resource. A resource I like to spend on beautiful words, or hard thoughts, or collections of music and images that make me feel something.
I cried at the end of a really good book last night. It felt like paying homage to the author, to the story of suffering that had been told. An acknowledgement of the hardship and triumph told over just a few hundred pages.
Or the other week, I cried because I realised how hard it is for me to ask for help, and I allowed myself to mourn that loss - the opportunities for connection, for honesty, that I don’t even allow people that are close to me to make. I wrote about three pages in my journal about those years, because I know I want to change that about myself. I can be sad about it, but I still want to move on.
The point is, I hope you let yourself cry sometimes, because I think there is something in everyone’s life that deserves a few tears every now and then.
I cried at the end of a really good book last night. It felt like paying homage to the author, to the story of suffering that had been told. An acknowledgement of the hardship and triumph told over just a few hundred pages.
Or the other week, I cried because I realised how hard it is for me to ask for help, and I allowed myself to mourn that loss - the opportunities for connection, for honesty, that I don’t even allow people that are close to me to make. I wrote about three pages in my journal about those years, because I know I want to change that about myself. I can be sad about it, but I still want to move on.
The point is, I hope you let yourself cry sometimes, because I think there is something in everyone’s life that deserves a few tears every now and then.
Mar 23, 2025
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You don't always have to be doing something productive or creative. Sometimes it is okay to just take a step back and exist.
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🕶I've posted about this once before and will post about it again, I'm sure. One of the things that I have noticed since getting letterboxed last year is how afraid people are to admit they like something. that new animated k-pop movie on netflix made me notice this again when three of the people that I have on there prefaced their reviews with a variant of "i consumed this ironically, but it was actually kind of good..."
...LAME... and a little bit pathetic to see tbh.
We really need to remember that you only live once. just fucking enjoy the stuff you like, and stop asking the world for permission and acceptance to do so! being so afraid of what others will think when you post a review under a kid's movie is more cringe than admitting you like a kid's movie.