How do I stop myself from crying?

Tearing up in front of people, during a performance or an argument can be frustrating, make one feel weak and powerless. How to overcome this? Well, first of all, please have in mind that crying is a natural body reaction in order "clean" itself. It aslo helps to "clean" your mind and heart of bad emotions, pain, stress... So before you try to supress your tears, always make sure to ask yourself whether "supression" is really what you want. Sometimes it's good to just cry it out, because supressed emotions stay inside and can turn into something more serious over time if they are left unattended. So first rule - be kind to yourself. However, if you do find yourself in a situation where you need to get yourself together and stay calm, here are a few methods how to do it. 1) Deeply breathe in, look upwards and blink a few times, then exhale all of it, together with the feelings that triggered the tears. During this, keep telling yourself "I'm strong. I won't cry over something like this." Personally, I find this one the most helpful. 2) Find something to laugh about. A funny video, a joke, a weird situation... You can even try to gently mock yourself or the situation, but beware - don't start bullying yourself! 3) Occupy your mind with a task and give it all of your undivided attention. If you can't think of anything, don't panic, but take your time and lead your mind to "safe waters". This method is avoiding and ignoring your emotions, which is why I suggest doing it only if you really must and when you feel like you are ready, face the emotions that you had supressed. These are my suggestions, I hope it helped. Stay strong, you are not alone! :)

Keeping emotions and well tears inside can be dangerous. It is better to find a private moment and place and let the tears flow. Tears cleanse the soul and can give you the emotional release that you need. Plus, you often feel a sense of euphoria after allowing yourself to cry. Which of course can help lift your mood.

you need to calm down and try to concentrate on you breathing in trough your nose and out trough your mouth

when you feel so low its so hard sometimes to stop crying, i often try to think the positive good things in my life, that what normally helps me

Think about something you love to do, Keep switching through to find which works best :) Try busy yourself in your favourite hobbies!

You don't have to do anything to stop it. Just cry. It stops after a while on its own, once you are drained.

Taking deep breaths and drinking water can help. Smiling can also help to trick the brain into pausing the tear-flow, even if there doesn't seem to be anything to be happy about. But if you're in a space where you can cry, it can also be helpful and healing to let the tears come out!

It's alwyas best to think about positive things at these times (i.e., hobbies, friends, look at inspirational quotes). You can also try exercising to release this endorphins and get a better mood. Or just do something that you overall enjoy!

Cry is good for our body. This allows take out our feelings and gives us a relief. But if you cry a lot, you have to go to a proffesional to locate the focus of your sadness.

Write down on a piece of paper all the good things that you like about yourself and all the good things that are happening and have happened in your life. Also figure out what the trigger is that is making you cry in the first place