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why do I always feel embarassed to cry in front of people?

Profile: Iden
Iden on Jan 1, 2019
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Depending on what culture you grew up in, and how you were raised, you might have been taught that crying or showing emotions such as grief, frustration, or unhappiness are better done in private. Several factors including your parents' response to your tears and your friends growing up might also have contributed to you feeling embarrassed. However, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Crying is a natural, important part of expressing and feeling your emotions, and anyone who you might feel embarrassed of seeing you cry might also have cried at similar emotions. Are there any friends or family in your life who would support you expressing your sadness? If so, you could ask them how they feel when people cry in front of them. For myself, I have always found the ability to cry in front of people to be a sign of strength. A lot of people think it's easier to hide their emotions and appear stoic, but it takes a lot of strength to be able to be vulnerable and show your true emotions to the people that care about you. If you find yourself crying in front of friends or strangers, think of how you would react if one of them cried in front of you. Would you feel scorn? Or would you feel compassion and empathy for them, having been in their shoes? Your answer could be the same answer as the people who have witnessed you cry. It's alright to have emotions, and to express them with those you care about, you will be stronger and more capable for it, and might even help others feel safe to express them as well.
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Profile: Greatlistener87
Greatlistener87 on Apr 25, 2016
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It could be that you were brought up to believe that crying is a sign of weakness. Actually in the contrary crying actually helps u express yourself rather then keeping it all in. But if you need your personal space to cry then take it. You don't have to cry in front of people at all.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Apr 4, 2015
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This is just a normal reaction. You can consider it an automatic reaction of your mind. Its because we usually do not show our emotions in front of others, specially when the emotion is negative.
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Anonymous on May 24, 2015
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It would be because of the we were rise by our family in todays society it has a big deal on our self esteem and make's us feel low or blue to do some thing like this in plicate
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Anonymous on May 24, 2016
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You might be afraid others will look at you when you break down and hide it somewhere else to not feel that their looking.
Profile: peachicus
peachicus on Oct 24, 2016
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Because you're exposing your weakest part. Just like how a cat doesn't like to expose it's belly because it shows you are vulnerable. It's very hard to cry in front of people and can be very unconformable.
Profile: PamPatDon
PamPatDon on May 15, 2015
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Because showing emotions is not accepted well, because people then think you are weak...............
Profile: Earlgreytea712
Earlgreytea712 on Jul 14, 2015
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Because crying is portrayed as a sign of weakness, and human beings ten to want to appear strong in front of others. It derives from our primal instincts, when we were primates, weakness was considered a liability.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Apr 12, 2016
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Maybe because it can make people feel awkward to see another person cry or because you just don't like to be around people when you feel down.
Profile: Jennifer164
Jennifer164 on Jan 8, 2018
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Maybe because you feel that showing your emotions or having a breakdown is a sign of weakness.Which is not true.
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