Borderline Personality Disorder and Crying #shorts

[kyddkreature]

I have bpd and find myself crying to music quite often

[mccallbecca]

I have diagnosed bpd. I interpret situations as more intense than they actually are.

[adishtnid]

I have struggled all my life with the difficulty of reading social situations. It's like trying to figure out how to communicate with people who speak foreign language.

[williamsn]

I think my sister might have bpd. She would have really bad emotional outbursts. Plus, she would go from loving you one minute to telling you that she didn’t care if you dropped dead the next minute.

[KA-mqwj]

I’m a empath and highly sensitive person. I’ve been abused by many people, especially narcissists. I cry a lot and cannot control it. I think I have complex PTSD from childhood abuse.

[rachaelb.]

I just realized I was listening to a loop. Your shorts are so smooth. I learn a lot from you Doc.!

[sorrelbee]

I am definitely a crybaby especially with specific triggers like abandonment. I'm always worried that a) openly crying is manipulative of me and b) trying to hide the crying is manipulative of me
I know in theory that having emotions and honest expression of those emotions isn't manipulation, but the anxiety remains 🙃

[jenanne]

I enjoy these shorts, Dr. Grande! I'm learning a lot from you.

[catwinterberryneo]

I have bpd and the main thing I’ve noticed about myself and crying is that I often can’t stop crying once I’ve started, even when I know the situation is not really a big deal.

[mimialways]

Because the root of BPD is trauma. Once the trauma is addressed and better coping methods are used, the crying is also alleviated. I have bpd and slowly understanding how my childhood/adolescent trauma have predisposed me to this disorder.

[sweetsourr]

It’s good to let things out especially if in childhood you were taught if you cry you’ll get beat.

[neurodivergentpixi]

Strange because my mum has bpd and, not only doesn't cry, she rolls her eyes when she sees anyone cry or being comforted for crying.

Our dog was diagnosed with cancer yesterday. I was waiting for the right time to sit with my kids and gently break it to them. My mother took it upon herself to to coldly and harshly tell them, while I was making dinner, "Chance has cancer and probably only has a few months to live". She almost yelled it at them. They ran upstairs crying and of course I went after them to comfort them. While comforting them I could hear her downstairs being all cheery with the dogs....almost like she got joy out of what she had done.

[sweetsourr]

20 percent of us have bipolar also. There’s a crying component with bipolar.

I cry all the damn time. Matter of fact I cried today over being coerced.

[katarratube]

I was just thinking about this...why I cry so easily and so often. Perfect timing.

[joytotheworld]

Crying can be a manipulative tool, my sister has it and that is how she controls people

[Humanhell]

I have BPD. I feel like I am pretty tough compared to a lot of people in public. However I was just telling my husband last night " this is really serious, even if it doesn't seem serious, because I'm always crying. But its serious." I have done a lot of therapy and gotten other issues under control. So with my husband I do cry but I am acknowledging in the moment that I'm not trying to and I try to express my feelings and thoughts coherently and rational. Hormones don't help.

[jamesbadrock]

I find it hard to cry, I've been through that much I can't just cry no more.

[BrianPremo]

If you tell them “no”, first they will rage and devalue you, then they will cry and guilt trip you.

[JPinthe]

I don't cry at funerals, I didn't cry when I got divorced or when I loose people I care about. I think I last cried when my dad died almost 25 years ago. I really wish I could or had the ability to do so again.

[juneyshu]

How about not being able to cry or laugh anymore due to 60 years of constant challenge?