So here's a question for you ladies out there. Do you ever just need a good, long cry? Just a chance to lay in your bed, sobbing hysterically for no good reason?
For me this is about a semi-annual occurrence. Sometimes I just need to get it all out. I have had a hum-drum, gloomy-weathered, dirty housed past couple of weeks. It was all just getting to me and on Sunday I finally had my breakdown.
My husband, bless his heart, doesn't understand this phenomenon at all. He thinks it is completely irrational (which of course it is) and he has such a hard time just embracing my occasional craziness. After much persuasion, I was able to convince him to just sit there and let me cry on his shoulder. All I needed was for him to stroke my hair, kiss my cheek, and tell me he loves me. It didn't even matter to me one bit that the whole time he was probably thinking, "Man! This woman is crazy!".
Ryan says that this isn't normal. He can't for the life of him believe that most women need to sometimes just cry it out. I'm convinced we do. I'm not talking about sobbing and weeping all the time. I'm just thinking once or twice a year - a good break down is normal, right? Please tell me I'm not alone. You see, for me a good long cry can be like magic. I woke up on Monday feeling so much better. I have snapped out of my funk. My house is clean, my laundry is done, there's a smile on my face, and I'm feeling great!
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Yup. Totally normal. I had mine last night and I'm not due again for a few more months! Cody thinks the same thing. The whole time I was crying he kept bringing the baby into the room and making him "dance" like a little fat person. He kept trying to make me laugh and it just made me that more mad!! LOL :)
Absolutely normal. There's something so "clean" feeling about a good cry. When I'm done, I always feel lighter--like all the funk that has been clogging me up and weighing me down has been flushed out!
Yes yes yes. We all need a good hard cry. It is perfectly normal. I just have to make sure I wait for mu cry until the kids go to bed so they don't get upset by it.
Yeah, I do it too, and that was before I was pregnant. Kraig doesn't get it either.
I must have done an amazing job of keeping Ryan from seeing my (usually monthly) breakdown cryng sessions. (almost always at Christmas when I do EVERYTHING by myself). Sorry I didn't share those crying spells more openly so that he would know that it is absolutely NORMAL. We missed you at Sunday dinner, but feel free to use those days as a time out for Mom. I totally understand.
I'm with the other commenters. Totally normal...all a part of being a girl/wife/mother/friend/daughter/sister. Those girls who seem to always have it together even have a good cry every once in a while - well, at least I think they do. :)
Crying releases endorphins, which make you happy. Tears also cleanse our bodies of toxins that build up when we are depressed or stressed. I think you are very fortunate that you only have this twice a year! You must have a very nice life.
Thank God! I thought I was the only one who did that!! :D
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