Thread by @warikoo

I asked people "When was the last time you cried"?

A thread...

I cried on my birthday !!reason :- I think I can't make my parents proud

The one person I truly love, who doesn’t love me back the same way - is going through a rough patch in life and it sucks how I can not do anything to make them feel better.

I remembered how I miss my Appa. I lost him to COVID second wave.

I don’t get along with my family. They and I don’t agree in the ideas by which we should live lives. Hence, i feel abandoned in lot of decision making and just normal know-how of the household. I feel hurt, every time this happens. The hurt keeps growing with every incident.

Me getting Attached to something I knew wouldn't last

Me putting no efforts, when i know i can do it.

When we lost our twins before they were born

I lost my father back in January 2020 and I miss him alot. I lost him when I was on peak of my career, i started earning good money.I thought will request him to take retirement from his government job and enjoy life. I thought I will give him more comfort. But...

I don't want to share why i cried but will mention that i cried after a long time, and i was happy at last i did. idk i just wanted to, been going through a rough patch lately and i was avoiding crying or was not able to but finally it happened. now i am on a new start.

It wasn't something sad, just a revelation to me how much things have changed for me, so made me overwhelmed and broke down a bit, but felt good!

Recently discovered about my childhood trauma so i am in the phase where i have to face it and accept it which is quite difficult.

Being a topper is not good. And being a jee and neet aspirant makes things worse. Apart from being sad since I have a lot of homeworks to complete, I started crying coz it was just so difficult to handle. I feel that I have become stubborn and just feel aimless.

My Appearance or physical problems

8 years relationship broken. Completely lost. She is getting married to her caste guy.

My sister passed away

Got my pet neutered. I could see the pain he was in although they can never express themselves.(tears in my eyes as I type this :))

Well I have been crying everyday for past 2 weeks, not full session wala cry, just a teardrop here and there. I recently (4 months ago) lost my best friend to suicide and I guess I am still trying to process it , and that grief takes different form probably.

Soon my 7 year old daughter is going to a boarding school. I know it’s the best place for her, but kind of bond we share is making me cry. Crying help me to feel better.

Therapy Session, we were discussing some bitter memories with my now-husband, then-boyfriend and why I'm not able to move on and forgive him

I don't cry usually now. As back in my childhood I was a cry baby, too shy, and always got bullied by my schoolmates. Fun fact is yesterday night, I shared all my secret stories with my siblings that how got bullied and ragged by whom, feel so relaxed, had lot of laugh. XD XD.

I belive my life is over. My mind is totally blank and don't know what's going on.
I cried yesterday before sleeping.

The financial situation my parents have put me in. It seems like a dead-end, no way out.

Physical and mental abuse by family member

I'm overwhelmed because I've been shortlisted for my dream MBA colleges.

While filling the application, I was supposed to fill the total income of our family as well which is less than 4.6Lpa. I got a reality check of how hard my father works and I've been unemployed till date.

I've no one to talk to.. Feeling Very very lonely and I don't know what I really want in my life I'm so fucked up!

There were 2,500+ reactions - all of which had a story to tell.
A story that could be ours, a story that we might find ourselves in.

Sharing this thread, because I want you all to know this.

You are not alone in feeling what you are feeling.
You are not inadequate.
You are not a loser.
You are not incomplete.
You are not a failure.

Everyone carries a burden.
We just do not see it.
As the world doesn't see ours.

It is ok to cry.
It is ok to not know why you cried.
It is ok to not being able to stop your tears.
It is ok to express yourself.

You will be ok.
It is going to be ok.
You hang in there, ok?

Hugs!

PS: None of the responses have been edited. They have shared with their typos, their rawness, as a respect to what they were feeling in that moment.