how do people keep from crying????????

[LoosyLucy]

i want to know how i can keep from crying, and how i can hold back tears. since the age of 9, i have had severe depression but i never cried like i do now. i have been severely depressed for weeks. it's becoming dangerous. it's very hard for me not to cry, and at work i don't let people know but i hide my face all day as much as i can. i was assigned a social worker as well as a psychiatrist; she asked if i thought of suicide and i started sobbing even though i was saying no, everything she said i just... cry! and i can't get a word out or talk to another person without feeling the tears start to well up. i have a boyfriend who knows i'm sad, but he feels guilty and doesn't want to have to support me because he considers it really needy and he always gets depressed himself when i cry, but his response is to keep to himself. the fact that i make people around me feel weird and depressed is bad enough for me. often, when i open my mouth to speak to someone, tears start pouring down my face. it's even worse to be ashamed from crying. and sometimes i am so uncontrollably loud that i have to muffle my face. now, i am seeing a doctor-- this comes and goes, but i have never seen someone cry as hard as i do, and it's too often. i have to stop. all i want is a suggestion on how to hold back tears. because it's humiliating, and half the time i'm crying is just because I CAN'T STOP and i feel like i can't control it.

[MJIthewriter]

Sometimes I just have to cry it out, weather the storm and find something else to do in the mean time... It doesn't do much to force it to stop. The only thing that does is make me cry more because not only will I be upset about what triggered the crying, but upset that I can't stop the crying.

Though right now I feel fine. I'm not crying. I should be sleeping though...

[bell24]

yes i agree with loosylucy,that is a lot of crying ,but in a way i do envy you because my problem is i cant cry and its so frustrating ,and i wish to god i could ,i hurt so much in side  and i think if i could cry it might help me ,and i dont think med can help me ,so you have a chance if the meds your on get changed ,good luck ,thake care ,bell,

[LLFgirl]

Have you seen your psyc doctor about this? Sometimes you can cry a lot because of not being on the right meds. This happened to me a few years ago. The best advice I can give you is to see your doctor and talk to someone you trust about how you feel.