I've not been able to cry for a very long time, and I really need to. Is there a method to induce crying and letting it all out ?

Bottling up feelings, crying alone, or refusing to talk about your problems or issue can really cause the inability to cry. What always gets me crying, when I didn't know I could, is sitting down in a safe and private area with a person I trust and I start to talk about my feelings or thoughts and when they ask questions and try to understand it's even better. You can really get choked up and tears will surface as the emotions you've been keeping inside for a while. It can feel good to relieve some of that pressure that's been building inside you by talking about it or acknowledging it.

Hi, it's true that to cry means to release tension and it can also be a way to get in touch with your emotions rather than to bottle them up. Probably you can try to put your mind in a mindset that allows yourself to be emotional, checking if for somewhat reason a part of you is refusing this emotional reaction. Not sure if there is a method giving it should be something genuine, even if a method is found I think that to fake tears has not the same beneficial effect than when we let them happen naturally. My thought is to try to put yourself in the right condition to let it happen, rather than forcing it.

Maybe crying isn’t your thing, maybe there is some other release that might be helpful to you. That’s okay, everyone doesn’t cry. Have you tried journaling to release your emotions? I can say this, crying is natural and healthy. Everyone has a different way to express emotion and crying may not be the way for you. There is nothing wrong, you express your emotions in a different way. The way you show emotions doesn’t have to be like someone else or anyone else. Crying is situational. Maybe finding other ways to vent and to express emotion is better suited for you.

Usually trying to be more friendly and close to your feelings, seating with them, not hiding them and not using the distractions, instead putting it into words either by writing Or talking to a trusted person can help, it does not need to make sense, you can just brain dump and share it all without worrying about making sense... Therapy can be a great help as well if you can consider it... for me personally having that Trusted person come hard on me, even overwhelm and keep questioning me in a sorta cruel manner until i break down Fully and then just hugging me and Staying there helping me put myself back together has helped... a listener can be that trusted person to listen, be by your side and help you get more close to your feelings...

I’m glad you’re open to crying as it is really healthy to get things out from time to time. While I’m not sure for a specific method I do relate to this question and have found that what works for me is watching a sad movie, and listening to a sad song. Be sure not to wallow when the tears start, for me after I’m done crying I take a journal and write down everything I want to let out, just to make sure I fully release. After that I take a nap. Hope this helps, happy crying.

What I've found that helps is to sit with your emotions and allow them to rise to the surface. Even if you don't always cry, it does help to get in touch with your deeper emotions. With practice, you will be able to better understand the emotions that flow through you on a day to day basis. Along with recognition, you'll be able to pinpoint why you are feeling a certain way at certain points in time. Another method is journaling regularly on your current thoughts and feelings. Inducing a specific response from yourself is not automatic, but becoming self-aware of your emotional self can begin today.

Hello there. I would first ask why you feel that you need to cry? Is there another release that may work better for you or be what is needed? Either way, I would offer the idea of what has worked very well for me, meditation. There are many guided meditations available. Depending on what you feel you need to work through, you could find a good fit. These sometimes draw emotion out, again depending on what the focus or guided meditation is taking you through. Best of luck and take care of yourself. Sending good vibes and healing your way.

We all have a build up of emotions sometimes and crying is an outlet for that. I always go to the “why” questions. You could be blocking out some things that you consciously don’t want to address right now. Is it a sad cry, angry cry, or happy cry you’re looking for? For me, I tend towards the angry cry, as I feel I’m not being listened too sometimes. A long car ride to nowhere with a few Adele, Pink or whoever you prefer listening to, cranked up really loud, gets the water works flowing for me. Then I can laugh at myself for being a bit of a drama queen sometimes. Or readdress the person/persons I feel haven’t heard me in a more come manner. And then there’s chopping onions. That works pretty good too.

I write out all the things that have made me sad in a paper. I start with the recent bad incidents that happened to me and work my way backwards. I keep doing it until it's so overbearing to see how much things I have endured. Eventually I break down and cry my heart out because I feel sorry for everything that I have endured in my life. But later, after I have cried, and feels a lot better, I'll just glance at all I have gone through. It also tells me I am strong and gives me the will to carry on. Sometimes the things that break you are the ones that give you the strength to carry on too😊

I tend to think that different things work for different people. I used to find that talking about things would help me to 'get it all out'. Another method that I used to use, funny as it may sound, is to watch a sad movie that is guaranteed to make you cry. I tend to find myself moved by films or television so this technique works well for me, but it may not work for you. It may also work to journal. Start to write down your thoughts. Ask yourself what it is that is really hurting you and write it all down. This may well get the tears flowing. I hope that one of these methods helps.