How do I stop crying so much?

You’ll cry for a while. Before you go to bed each night. When you wake up every morning. When a certain word is said during class. But one day you’ll go to bed and you’ll realize you only cried for a few minutes and the next morning you looked in the mirror and your eyes weren’t swollen red from all the tears since you woke up. When you get to class no tears fall when that word that hurts so bad is said. Eventually the tears stop, they just go away. Just give it time.

Crying a lot can be a sign of a lot of things going on for a person, all of which are hard to deal with. It can be very draining to have something effecting you enough to make you cry a lot. I think that trying to find the thing that is making you cry is the first step. What are you feeling when you cry? Is it because of a person, a feeling or a situation? Maybe you will notice something reccuring. Then you can begin to work on fixing something if possible and of course feeling better in yourself.

Crying can sometimes be a release and can help you feel better. If you find it is taking over and happening too much, it can be worth working out what causes you to cry. For example, if you cry when you're anxious then it is worth figuring out the cause of your anxiety and working on that, which in turn will help you stop crying as much. I used to think I cried too much and then when I figured out that it was related to feeling overwhelmed I was able to work on that and reduce my tears. (However I still cry when I'm happy too!)