for me crying isn't something that I can will myself to do or not do-it is a spontaneous emotion. sometimes it feels like a natural release of energy and other times, I am not sure.

I only cry in regards to my CFS when I'm exhuasted, or just can't make reason of what is happening at the moment. I cry when I have sustained pain. I think I cry about the same things normal healthy people cry about.

So before diagnosis, I cried a lot because I thought I might die! Once diagnosed there was much less crying. But as soon as a crash/relapse starts and I hit week three....wondering how much longer, I have hit the crying stage again.

I was up all night last night. I'm crying now.

It's cathartic. Tears heal. It's ok!!

I ususally cry when my symptoms get worse. For me, it is cathartic. I have also heard that when you cry, chemicals that cause stress are released through your tears. That is why a lot of the time you tend to feel better after you cry. Though it may not always make you feel 100% emotionally relieved, I think it always helps to cry when you need to.

I cry a lot. I always have been a crier. I cry when the losses overwhelm me. I cry when I see a commercial that says the more active you are the younger you'll feel. I cry when feel lonely or when I let myself think "what if" or "why me".

Crying is good medicine. It lets stress and tension and anger and a whole bunch of other crap out so it's not festering until you explode. Besides, it feels good.

I cry at lots of things. I can't get through the National Anthem without tears running down my cheek. My kids (38,35,34) have teased me about that for years.

I was almost dehydrated when I saw my granddaughter being born. Oddly enough I didn't cry the first time I held her.

Not everyone cries. That's okay. We're all different. Do what's best for you.

I cry out of pain & fear of this illness. BUT find I can't get too emotional or it causes my symptoms to flare up for me more. I feel allot of times you are damned if you do & damned if you don't. Trying to find that happy middle is tough. Before I got ill I'd cry allot over stuff. Too sensitive I guess. Now I have to learn to control it. Feeling depressed allot doesn't help it either. I try really hard to get back to a peaceful moment. NOT EASY!

I wish I cried more. I think sometimes it is a release better than feeling numb from this illness !! Sometimes I feel flat emotionally and I think I would rather shed a tear now and then.

There was a time with Sicca Syndrome and Sjogrens when my tear ducts had no tears in them even when I wanted to just cry from the pain, the bisability and theisolation this illness called ME/CFS causes.