Romantic comedies make my cry now that I'm on HRT. I just found out yesterday, I was so confused. The movie wasn't even that good.

I am not on hormones, but I have always been emotional to stuff. I cry all the time - sad music makes me cry, movies like Mulan make me cry, was never really sure why. 

Quote from: FA on February 10, 2014, 12:47:58 PM
Oh, that's interesting. That's one thing I don't like about T - there are times when I could really benefit from crying - but it just doesn't happen anymore. I mean, it happens rarely but never when it's really needed.  I do miss it. It can be a really nice release. Never really cried much during movies though.

Well my inability to cry started just at the age when T started flooding my system. Possibly it just permanently burned away my ability to cry.

Even before hrt I was very emotionally sensitive to movies, music, opera/plays/musicals, games, etc, so I really haven't changed in any way in this respect.  To be honest, it can be embarrassing at times.  I can just be listening or watching something and start tearing up.  I'll never forget having to hold back the tears to the ending of the first "home alone" when viewing it in one of my eighth grade classes.  I just felt so happy that the old man's family got reunited, but I must of looked like a complete weirdo to some of my classmates who caught me fighting the tears (I really hope no one saw).  While this will sound odd, I almost can feel what the character is feeling if the writing is good enough.  And if a piece is good, I can get moved by the song.  In any case, hrt didn't really change too much for me because I'ves always been emotionally out there when it comes to reacting to media, lol.  It's weird, but I like it as it makes it more fun and enjoyable to watch a movie when you are emotionally invested.

Quote from: learningtolive on February 10, 2014, 08:07:21 PM
Even before hrt I was very emotionally sensitive to movies, music, opera/plays/musicals, games, etc, so I really haven't changed in any way in this respect.  To be honest, it can be embarrassing at times.  I can just be listening or watching something and start tearing up.  I'll never forget having to hold back the tears to the ending of the first "home alone" when viewing it in one of my eighth grade classes.  I just felt so happy that the old man's family got reunited, but I must of looked like a complete weirdo to some of my classmates who caught me fighting the tears (I really hope no one saw).  While this will sound odd, I almost can feel what the character is feeling if the writing is good enough.  And if a piece is good, I can get moved by the song.  In any case, hrt didn't really change too much for me because I'ves always been emotionally out there when it comes to reacting to media, lol.  It's weird, but I like it as it makes it more fun and enjoyable to watch a movie when you are emotionally invested.

I am the same way LtL, but when I am by myself I let myself cry. It feels good.

QuoteNatalia wrote about Awakenings :
It's such an emotional and touching movie! One of my favorites!

I also love this movie very much and was thinking about it the other day. I related to Robert De Niro character so much, when I came out Trans it felt like my own awakening. So much of my life was like his character in a coma,  I never felt alive until I was able to be true to myself. 

I am not currently on HRT but usually have strong reactions to dramatic movies with romantic undertones, or movies that have an emotional loss. I am usually crying and lose myself in the movie.  I just cant imagine what I would be like on HRT, probably an emotional mess.

Yes, sappy movies, some TV shows, and emotional music all now reduce me to tears.

I used to be the emotional equivalent of a brick - i remember when my grandmother died and my dad was weeping I was wondering what was wrong with me as I sat there like a stone. Now i know, and my life has color and emotions ever since I started on estrogen.

A funny story - I sing in my church choir and the music they gave me to practice for Easter reduces me to tears - I don't know how I am going to get through it 

I knew I lost my emotional reserve when I cried like a baby during the movie "13 going on 30".  Now like everyone so far dramatic music and romantic movies or comedies get my undivided attention. I find I also like to move to the beat of high power music from movies where before I never even danced my whole life. The music just wont let me sit still anymore. I want to party!

Music gets me.  Songs that are really intense or have complex melodies and lyrics have recently made me tear up and have to pull the car over, but I've always been a sucker for a good song. 

I dance now, and laugh, and smile.

Until last night I didn't think HRT made me any more sensitive. I would easily cry during movies even before HRT. Last night my wife and I watch the season finale of of "Six Feet Under". I had seen it before several years ago, but I definitely cried a lot more last night than before HRT on the same episode despite even knowing what was coming.

One of my wife's (and my mother's) concern was that I was already sensitive prior to HRT and both were worried about emotional outburst happening to me after HRT, but so far, I haven't had any issues, if anything, things don't seem to bother me as much as they use to when things went wrong.

I watched "The Lion King" again for the first time in a years, about 5 months after starting hormones.

I had seen that movie a HUNDRED times. It was my favorite movie as a kid. I've watched it so many times that I can recite the entire script word-for-word easily.

And yet, in all of those hundred times, this was the first time that I ever cried when Mufasa died.

So yes. Yes indeed.

OMG Downton Abbey is sooooo different for me this year because of the hormones! Also, I find myself relating more to the female characters than before. Before I would just watch a show, not I empathize more with the woman. It's a neat experience .

Jane

Quote from: Carrie Liz on February 11, 2014, 11:24:17 PM
I watched "The Lion King" again for the first time in a years, about 5 months after starting hormones.

I had seen that movie a HUNDRED times. It was my favorite movie as a kid. I've watched it so many times that I can recite the entire script word-for-word easily.

And yet, in all of those hundred times, this was the first time that I ever cried when Mufasa died.

So yes. Yes indeed.

I remember bawling in the movie theater when my Mom took me to see it as a little kid, lol.  The scene that really hit me is when Simba sees Mufasa's ghost in the clouds.  I was so sad for him.  This is one of the best disney movies ever, though Sleepy Beauty will always be the all time greatest.   What I find most interesting is that my mom had no issue with me seeing this film, but she refused to let me see Bambi because of the hunter scene, lol.  Lion King is easily the worst of the two when it comes to the murder scenes.

^No kidding...

Bambi's mother was killed off-screen, we never actually saw her get shot, and then within about 20 seconds after the heaviest emotional moment of the Great Prince saying "Your mother can't be with you anymore," we've already jumped ahead by years and are watching some pretty little birdies twittering away in the trees singing "Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song." But The Lion King? You don't get any of that emotional padding.

Quote from: learningtolive on February 12, 2014, 07:54:33 AM

Quote from: Carrie Liz on February 11, 2014, 11:24:17 PM
I watched "The Lion King" again for the first time in a years, about 5 months after starting hormones.

I had seen that movie a HUNDRED times. It was my favorite movie as a kid. I've watched it so many times that I can recite the entire script word-for-word easily.

And yet, in all of those hundred times, this was the first time that I ever cried when Mufasa died.

So yes. Yes indeed.

I remember bawling in the movie theater when my Mom took me to see it as a little kid, lol.  The scene that really hit me is when Simba sees Mufasa's ghost in the clouds.  I was so sad for him.  This is one of the best disney movies ever, though Sleepy Beauty will always be the all time greatest.   What I find most interesting is that my mom had no issue with me seeing this film, but she refused to let me see Bambi because of the hunter scene, lol.  Lion King is easily the worst of the two when it comes to the murder scenes.

Bambi was worse to me. Maybe because of the context - a fawn's mother being shot probably really happens all the time. Though The Land Before Time bothered me more probably - what with the 'tree star' scene and all. I didn't cry at them though. But I just remembered - Dumbo is the absolute worst. I can't even watch that and I don't even remember if the mother dies - but that song...

I remember crying when I was about 6 or 7 after reading a Robin Hood book when he died after a woman who was related or married to one of his enemies wrapped his wounds with poison bandages.