anne..... *hugs*, you aren't the only one.

i am quite sure there are more out there. not me yet today, but i'm sure i'll be with you at some point.

Don't short circuit your keyboard :) *HUG*

Is there a certain number of tears that I ahve to cry before i feel all better? If there was a specific number that had to get done, at least then I would feel like I was making progress by just crying, but otherwise ti just seems pointless and sad.

Sitting back away from the keyboard a bit.

Hug for you Anne. I hate those days. Sometimes I feel I cry just to cry, have become use to that. Let the tears cleanse your soul. Hang in there and remember you are not alone in the way you feel.

I keep napkins nearby. Crying is good if you can do it. If you don't do it, you'll just get a migraine. Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow.

Cleansing toxicity.

Anne - things will get better. I am not crying right now and I am starting to feel better. It wasn't that way a day ago. Maybe tomorrow will be better for you! You won't cry forever and when you stop, you might be ready to access just who you really are and start loving yourself. Relationships don't complete you. You are complete on your own. Relationships land somewhere on the spectrum of "bring joy to your life" or "Suck the life out of you." If you are stuck in the later, you are better off alone.

I guess my relationship opf 10 years went from one end of that spectrum to the other -- it brought joy to my life then sucked the life out of me. What a strange evolution.

Ok take a deep breath. Now scream until you shake and you are out of air. Then Keep hitting something(couch or pillow) so hard until your physically exhausted. Then think about puppies and the spring flowers, your favorite Ice cream, your favorite book, the sound of the ocean. Then if that doesn't work call a friend. I'm here for you.

I am not crying right now as I am repressing. I could start anytime though if I let my guard down. Crying is part of the healing process. let it out and then you will feel better.

Not right now, but this morning i was. keep your chin up, as hard as it is, and i know it is, things have to get better.

I was like that a week ago - I just could not stop the tears. It lasted a week, then the "mood" finally passed.

I'm ok again now.

Just go with it. Cry til you just don't want to cry anymore. You'll feel better to get it all out of you.

Good luck ((HUG))

Tired of crying. I did that all last night.

Anne, You aren't the only one. Sundays are always the worst for me. I hope that you feel better soon, just take it one day at a time.

I cry. I havent in a while but at first I did a lot. I even have a what might be a funny story about my crying...might make you smile for a minute.

It was about zero outside one night. It was dark and I just left a divorce workshop I just started. My mind was in sorrow every single minute of the day at that time. The truck was cold and I pulled away out on to the highway. I was freezing and stiff from the cold. A sad song came on the radio and I just started crying, and I could barely see. I was shivering as it was, and the crying made me shake even more. I felt like....okay God...just lift up your big foot and squash me right now...it cant get any worse...I cannot get any lower. About then heat started to come out of the heater, and in a short time I wasnt shivering and I stopped crying. I have cried since that ride, but that was my lowest.

So anne...we understand.

I can't cry because I have to keep it together for the rest of the family. But inside sometimes it is so overwhelming.

Just went over the past year in my mind on the way home from church. On top of the affair of the STBX, my mother died, and then my grandmother died a few months later, illnesses in the family, my pet died. My whole world has turned upside down in such a short time that I haven't had time to process one hurt before another occurred.

Inside I am crying buckets, but can't let it show.