Crying

Dear Sophie,

Why do women cry so much more than men? I have begun to think God is punishing women by making us overly sensitive. Yesterday on my way to work I was listening to a CD and one of my favorite songs came on. It reminds me of my ex/father of my baby. I never thought it would envoke such feelings. The lyrics go "as we were, so perfect, so happy. I remember only the smiles..." I began to get the lump in my throat and tears started to roll down my cheeks. My senses must be out of whack. As the tears kept rolling down my cheeks I began to remember so many feelings I wanted to forget.

So back to the first question...

Why women cry so much more than men? It's because women feel much more compassion then men. We have the weight of the world on our shoulders. We make every other persons problems our own and make ourselves feel how others feel. Compassion is what makes me feel weak. I don't suppose every woman feels this way, but I do. Why must we do this to ourselves? I know that women must have such big hearts that we should be able to handle it. Though some times our hearts well up and explode. It never matters where we are or what we are doing at the time it'll just explode and whoever is there at the time will be in the way.

I tend to hold in all my crying for when I am alone. I lay motionless in my bedroom, put on the radio and weep. I will do this until I am finished. It sometimes takes minutes and sometimes it can take hours. I know that this form of therapy is not good, but I can't help it. Crying to me is a sign of weakness. Am I weak for admitting I cry alone? Or is it that I can't talk about why I'm crying that makes me weak? I can't be sure.

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