# Can't stop crying. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796 "2007-05-12T02:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/1 "2007-05-12T02:29:58Z")
For various reasons. And I can’t sleep, because when I sleep when i’m depressed I have pretty horrible nightmares. And when I get stressed my OCD gets worse, so I am at the moment not having fun. I could really do with a cheering up, if anyone’s good at that? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/2 "2007-05-12T02:32:14Z")
You need to see your doctor. Those sound like some pretty bad symptoms. Are you on medication now? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/3 "2007-05-12T02:32:26Z")
Underpants. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/4 "2007-05-12T02:34:08Z")
Oh, yes. See your doctor too. But don’t forget underpants. I keep seeing spots before my eyes! Have you seen a doctor? No, just spots. Etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/5 "2007-05-12T02:41:28Z")
I’m sorry you feel so bad. Second the idea of going to a doctor. I hate to think of you crying alone on a Friday night. It’s hard to comfort someone over the internet, so I’ll just post some of my favorite funny/interesting clips from youtube and hope one of them makes you laugh. [Margaret Cho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPEY2FMtFjU) as her mother, talking about her father’s brush with being gay in college. [Fake trailer for Mary Poppins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic) if it were a horror movie. Also, [The Shining](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuaYk-yDAgc) as a feel-good family movie. [Octopus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckP8msIgMYE). ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/6 "2007-05-12T02:44:51Z")
IANAD, but you have classic symptoms of depression. Get thee to thy doctor, pronto! Regards, A-better-life-through-drugs Ruby! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/7 "2007-05-12T02:49:59Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby] … you have classic symptoms of depression … [/QUOTE] Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/8 "2007-05-12T03:00:23Z")
Add me to the chorus, Rev. You’re one of my favorite posters - hie thee to a doctor, please. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/9 "2007-05-12T03:34:34Z")
[Someone](http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2264863990092851307kWyGSv) to help you through until you get help. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/10 "2007-05-12T05:06:51Z")
This video always makes me smile: [otters holding hands](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/11 "2007-05-12T05:14:34Z")
Here is a collection of funny shiznit: [Antra’s Dungeon](http://antra.dk/) And please see a doctor. I have depression and that sounds like depression to me. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/12 "2007-05-12T06:18:39Z")
Please go to the closest ER hon and tell them everything you told us in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/13 "2007-05-12T12:49:42Z")
More youtube cheeriness. I wish we all could experience the intense happiness of [Mocha and his first broccoli](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0E-0ntoNWo). ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/14 "2007-05-12T14:38:38Z")
Thank you, everyone. I fell asleep in my chair from lack of sleep and luckily didn’t dream. I’m not on medication (either for depression which I wouldn’t have said I had, or OCD which I do have but it’s only a real problem when i’m stressed). I don’t think I need to go to the doctor, but based on the whole “if everyone is telling you something, they may have a point” I will after my exams finish. Thanks again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/15 "2007-05-12T14:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Thank you, everyone. I fell asleep in my chair from lack of sleep and luckily didn’t dream. I’m not on medication (either for depression which I wouldn’t have said I had, or OCD which I do have but it’s only a real problem when i’m stressed). I don’t think I need to go to the doctor, but based on the whole “if everyone is telling you something, they may have a point” I will after my exams finish. Thanks again. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, but I don’t recall if you’re a man or a woman. But as a woman, I can tell you that stress and hormones combined can be a real motherfucker. Maybe you can ride it out for a couple days (if you’re a woman). If not, a call to your doctor is probably in order. In the meantime, rent some Marx Brothers movies. They’re a great escape when I’m depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/16 "2007-05-12T15:01:19Z")
A help is to force yourself to go to a public area where you can do some major walking. I used to have more OC problems than I do now and walking helped. It can be a complusion it’s self, but it’s one that doesn’t hurt anything, and is good for you. Being in public is a distraction also. The public place bit is a problem when you have a compulsion that makes you a specticle in public. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/17 "2007-05-12T15:54:08Z")
Hang in there. See a doctor. Counselling services available, if you’re at university? Exams time and stress are difficult. Is there a garden or greenspace you can to and just sit for a while? [Or stomp on a beach ball?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8565707&postcount=91) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/18 "2007-05-12T20:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Thank you, everyone. I fell asleep in my chair from lack of sleep and luckily didn’t dream. I’m not on medication (either for depression which I wouldn’t have said I had, or OCD which I do have but it’s only a real problem when i’m stressed). I don’t think I need to go to the doctor, but based on the whole “if everyone is telling you something, they may have a point” I will after my exams finish. Thanks again. 🙂 [/QUOTE] While my OCD is usually under control, it does often times get worse when I’m stressed. However, sometimes it in and of itself CAUSES that stress. Which only makes it worse. And unlike many mental disorders, reasoning with it only makes it worse-you KNOW you’re just obsessing, but that makes it worse, because it only feeds into it. With me, I’ve found that distraction works. But if you’re having that many problems, you NEED to see a doctor. Not when you’re finished with exams-how are you going to be able to take them, if you’re so stressed? Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/19 "2007-05-12T21:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] In the meantime, rent some Marx Brothers movies. They’re a great escape when I’m depressed. [/QUOTE] _Duck Soup_ summarizes my political views. _A Night at the Opera_ is some of their finest work. Exams can be a pain, I made a rule when I was in college not to make life-changing decisions during finals week. (After a friend dumped his girlfriend during finals week, the stress of finals got to be too much.) Even so, go to your university health center NOW to get started. And another idea: Go visit **Opal** ’s virtual bubblewrap site. It’s fun to pop bubble wrap! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796/20 "2007-05-12T21:22:56Z")
Think you feel down? Think of how poor Katie Holmes must have felt when she has post partum and Tom wouldn’t let her take pills. In fact, there’s a dramatic recreation of it starring (a man starring as) Al Pacino (as Katie Holmes) and (another man starring as) Christopher Walken (as Cruise) right [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4fXh_rROTs). And think of Sanjaya, especially as idolized by the gayest YouTube star [ever](http://youtube.com/peron75)). And another voice to the chorus (from a pitchy baritone/bass singing from experience): get some drugs. They help tremendously. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-crying/403796.md?page=2)