Main Character Syndrome: Filming Yourself Crying

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One of the most therapeutic and sacred acts we can do as humans is cry for 3 hours straight and then get the best sleep in your life. Oversharing on social media is starting to become weird – Taylor swift fans are acting like they’ve witnessed a traumatic event, drive-thru workers are getting treated as therapists, and moments that should be kept to yourself are being used for likes and internet clout. This phenomenon is called sadfishing where you fish for attention from others by unloading on them, whether they consented to it or not. Celebrities will drop a vague upsetting teaser about something they’re releasing and it’ll turn out to be a skincare brand deal! We've moved past curated highlight reels and are now posting the worst versions of ourselves for authenticity's sake. Main Character Syndrome is Filming Yourself Crying #edvasian

[briannakyse]

I get embarrassed when I catch a glimpse of myself crying in the mirror. The thought of POSTING IT…..

[WithoutException]

Working in retail means getting trauma dumped by strangers almost every day

[daydreamlover]

The way the Taylor Swift girl's friends knew EXACTLY what was about to happen before the girl herself even knew

[theactualNDJoJo]

the taylor swift one reminds me of being 13 at the middle school dance when you walk into the bathroom and see your friend crying over the boyfriend theyve had for 2 weeks and now youre in a 20 minute unskippable cutscene just standing there occasionally patting their shoulder

[Bom.d]

If i ever film myself crying and post it just know I am being threatened

[breakfastclosed]

I thought the Taylor swift one was bad but The drive thru one made my jaw drop😭😭😭😭

[SilvrRazorFeather]

I, a 30 yo guy, also broke into tears when my favorite band played the song that changed my life for the better.
I wasn't filming myself, and was in the midst of a screaming crowd.
I'm saying the crying over a song isn't the cringe part, it's the staged camera and decision to upload the moment to the Internet that makes it cringe.

[gabiausten]

I was once driving through my little town, when I saw this familiar woman who always greeted me, walking down the road, crying and bawling her eyes out.

So, I stopped and asked what was up and if she wanted to sit with me in the car (she was around 60 years old and absolutely no danger). I helped her in, and we talked. She had the worst day of her life. Her husband had a heart attack and was in the hospital, and her daughter had lost her job, all on the same day. I hugged her and asked if her husband would be alright; he would be. I told her that her daughter would find a new job soon and that her husband would come home soon too. I told her to let it all out and that it's totally okay to let yourself feel all emotions. She started smiling after five minutes of crying and said she felt so much better. We sat for a long time, and I brought her home after.

Her daughter found a job that paid her double the wage she had before, and it turned out that her husband was totally fine but had suffered from a rare, but in the end, "harmless" heart problem that was misdiagnosed. So, everything was totally fine, just not in that moment.

We all need a shoulder to cry on; what we don't need is attention-grabbing, fake crying online.

[daneroberts]

The lady trauma-dumping and projecting in the drive-thru was so horrible to watch

[zidano]

the lady trauma dumping at the drive-thru is actually lying. the guy who she claims to be her husband is actually not. and she is not related to him in any way. his family pleaded her to stop with the non-sense but apparently she still posts these videos.

[pearlsupremacy]

Fun fact: the lady in the drive through wasn’t even dating the guy she was talking about according to his family, she barely knew him and was just using his death for ppl to buy her book

[pirlipat]

It's okay to cry in public, you can't always make your life so that feelings only hit at home, and sometimes it's all too much. But the performative aspect of filming it AND publishing that just crosses the "not okay" line.

[lauriepenner]

I was once trapped in a Safeway line by a lady who decided that since I was buying a lot of tampons, I would want to hear all about her uterine cancer and hysterectomy. THEY ARE ON SALE WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME.

[lizek]

“This is like torture for nosy people” literally me💀

[lany]

3:33 i genuinely don't know what's worse: her screaming, crying, throwing up, kicking her feet, etc. or the fact that she's sitting on the FLOOR wearing WHITHE PANTS

[MarniCollier]

"we need more kindness" dumping your traumatic experience on a girl who is likely underage and making virtually no money while also going through her own struggles, is not kind

[sparklepugtea]

Personally I could never. I feel awful as it is crying in front of my friends and family, heck no to doin it in front of strangers 💀

[msjkramey]

I don't mind as much if people trauma dump online (as long as they put a short and sweet TW). But don't do it at the drive thru or where you have someone who can't escape. Also, just don't film people without permission, even with the camera pointed away

[LolaTarantula]

As a drive-thru barista, I can guarantee that Starbucks employee told every other employee in the store after that video was taken. We treasure moments like these because on hard days we can make fun of those people all over again and keep the story of every crazy interaction alive into perpetuity.

[violetasettle]

Imagine being a dead husband and having your wife disrespect your memory like that. The most embarrassed ghost.