Quote from: Cassi on March 12, 2018, 10:30:39 PM
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

Your idea of helping someone who's crying is to gag them. I would expect that from the likes of you. Lol.😂

Quote from: Julia1996 on March 12, 2018, 10:32:29 PM
Your idea of helping someone who's crying is to gag them. I would expect that from the likes of you. Lol.😂

You make me giggle and the dogs look at me like I'm nutz.  I said "Short Of...."

E, I am sorry that you have been feeling down.

One thing I was surprised to discover about crying is that it reduces pain.  My electrocutioner was working on the left side of my neck, which for some reason is more sensitive than the right.  She had the machine cranked up to "kill" to deal with some stubborn hairs, and it was really hurting. 

Finally, I could take it no longer, and I started to cry.  When I did, the pain went down considerably.  She ended the session when she saw the tears rolling down my face, but the change in pain response was something I hadn't expected.

Gosh I do love a good cry these days. I went from once in thirty years to most days!

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Quote from: KathyLauren on March 13, 2018, 06:46:55 AM

One thing I was surprised to discover about crying is that it reduces pain.  My electrocutioner was working on the left side of my neck, which for some reason is more sensitive than the right.  She had the machine cranked up to "kill" to deal with some stubborn hairs, and it was really hurting.

According to the woman who does my laser, if you're right handed your left side feels more pain and vice versa.

Yes it does. It's a relief.

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Quote from: KathyLauren on March 13, 2018, 06:46:55 AM

One thing I was surprised to discover about crying is that it reduces pain. 
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Finally, I could take it no longer, and I started to cry.  When I did, the pain went down considerably.  She ended the session when she saw the tears rolling down my face, but the change in pain response was something I hadn't expected.

@ KathyLauren:  I have had the exact same experience...  for me also, crying does reduce pain and also anxiety.... it is, at times, almost soothing to have a good cry.  Of course, we also know that laughing is good for us too!
Danielle 
         ***Crying and laughing.... who knew???

Crying and showing emotion has never been a problem. It was one of the indicators that I was not going to be macho.

When dysphoria strikes really badly I usually end up crying, that makes me relieved afterwards.

I think the only time I have cried is either out of pride or happiness.  Laughing, on the other hand, has gotten me a lot lately from giggling to outright roaring laughter.

Now, with the start of "female" puberty, I've experienced a few pimples but nothing like when I did a thousand years ago which weren't all that much back then.

Quote from: yella on March 13, 2018, 01:53:50 PM
When dysphoria strikes really badly I usually end up crying, that makes me relieved afterwards.

Hi, yella!

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Since starting hrt 8 months ago, there have been several episodes of being overwhelmed with emotions.  It isn't a gut wrenching emotion like when you lose your best friend or your favorite dog.  It's more like being on the edge of a cliff and feeling the pull of gravity forcing itself on you.  Most of it had been triggered by exaggerations accelerated by nonsense and coincided with increases in my dosage.  Each time it evened out eventually.

Smiling most of the time, Jessica

Quote from: Jessica on March 13, 2018, 06:22:43 PM
Since starting hrt 8 months ago, there have been several episodes of being overwhelmed with emotions.  It isn't a gut wrenching emotion like when you lose your best friend or your favorite dog.  It's more like being on the edge of a cliff and feeling the pull of gravity forcing itself on you.  Most of it had been triggered by exaggerations accelerated by nonsense and coincided with increases in my dosage.  Each time it evened out eventually.

Smiling most of the time, Jessica

I think it's soooo cool that we see growth.  By that I mean, For example, Jessica, 8 months on HRT and I remember when I signed up and she would have been on it for 5 months.  Then there' Who's name starts with an E being on it six months so it would have been 3 months, Roll or Ellie soon to be 3 months and had just started when I signed up.

Amazing, really, really amazing.

Quote from: Cassi on March 13, 2018, 06:27:04 PM
  Then there' Who's name starts with an E

It's A name that starts with E, get it right! 

If you really want to know what it means, I'm a scientist, and all of my publications have E. [Lastname] listed as author, so my legal first name will have to start with an "E."

Crying can be very carthartic!!  it is for me

Quote from: ElizabethK on March 13, 2018, 08:23:56 PM
Crying is very carthartic!! so good for you!

@ Elizabeth:  Yes.... crying, just like laughing..
.. both good for you!!!
Danielle

I actually cried more before I started hrt. I guess because I was so unhappy and I got depressed a lot. It always upset my dad when I cried and he tried asking me what was wrong many times but at that time I was afraid to tell him.

Quote from: AnamethatstartswithE on March 13, 2018, 08:18:26 PM
It's A name that starts with E, get it right! 

If you really want to know what it means, I'm a scientist, and all of my publications have E. [Lastname] listed as author, so my legal first name will have to start with an "E."

Oh, that's why I swore you were on the Big Bang Theory!  At least you knew who I was text'n about
And yeah smarty pants!  Right doesn't begin with an "e".
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Oh before hrt when I did cry (I would hold it in a lot somehow) it was like a thunderstorm lol now almost 6 months on hrt it's like spurts. It's a lot more random and common though

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Quote from: Allison S on March 13, 2018, 09:31:34 PM
Oh before hrt when I did cry (I would hold it in a lot somehow) it was like a thunderstorm lol now almost 6 months on hrt it's like spurts. It's a lot more random and common though

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Good to know