I cry when people yell at me

EVer since I was little, whenever my step-dad got mad with me, he'd get right in my face and yell. I would always break down and cry like crazy. It's just that it scared me so much. But I was little then.

I still cry though.
Today I asked my fencing coach how to do something and he got pissed at me and yelled at me. He told me to watch someone else do it. But I said I still didnt understand. So he got even more mad, he got right in my face and yelled at me that I wasn't paying attention and then he finally showed me how to do it. I ended up breaking down and crying like crazy. He was so mean! He's usually never mean. It's just that he really reaally scared me and I ended up crying again, just like when I was little. I feel like a major baby, but it really did scare me.
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  • hotchickie81

    I know how you feel about crying when being yelled at. Though I don't always show it on the outside, I am crying on the inside. I've always been this way.

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    • snowtoopers

      Well crying is the first sign then it follow by anger and then by hatred and then you become a heartless monster

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    • Felinefrenzie

      I have a terrible time because I work in a call center and some days are great but other days I get people who yell and scream at me and I have a terrible time of it. I had simular experiences growing up to what the author of this thread had plus I was yelled at and beat up at school on a regular basis. I know it doesn't make any sense but when people yell at me, it's like I expect to be hit or beaten up. Maybe it is just that it brings back bad memories but I keep getting told to get over it and that is easier said than done. So I really understand where you are coming from and crying is more than normal.

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  • huBelial

    I tend to tear up when people criticize me or when people tell me I'm done something wrong in a aggressive way. I'm a big wuss... but I think it's normal.

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  • DES

    I cry when I get mad really mad and then it makes me crazy that I'm crying step dads are assholes I hate mine he did the same thing and wrose

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  • csciabarasi

    Well, I found out the sucky truth last night. He's bi-polar. At least I understand now. That's why he ogt so pissy when I didnt even do anything to him.

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  • champersroxmysox

    believe me i know how u feel

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  • jaykuklin

    Well, this just happened today with my older sister.

    I was asked to kill a spider using my foot and she yelled at me to squish it harder, and when I was finished, I silently left the room muttering 'You really hurt my feelings..'.

    When I got back into my room, I started crying. She always makes me cry, no matter what I do. I haven't stopped crying in over 7 minutes.

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  • snowtoopers

    I get yell at all the time it make me so angry and it make feel bad about myself dose it make you feel bad about you're self

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  • littlemsEMOtional

    I cry when people yell at me too so its ok.

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  • Bobmac108

    I do the same thing I get very emotional when people yell at me and I cry too. I was cleaning the kitchen to do a nice thing for my mom cause she was havin a bad day And she came in and took some supper I made as well then when I took my hand out of the slippery soapy water trying to put a dirty dish in the dishwasher I dropped it on accident and she got soooo mad and yelled at me and I broke down like all I was trying to do was help her but ya I do the same thing lol

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  • MisguidedApril

    When people yell at me I stay calm and difuse the situation well, and then everything is fine. then later I go and cry like a baby.

    You might even think of it as a good thing. It's better to be sad and cry than to get angry and yell back, that never did anybody any good.

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  • 24taytay

    I get really upset too, I'm not a cry baby, but when I've had a bad day, or I'm just nervous, and people yell at me. I cry too, I usually cover it up pretty well though. You're totally not a cry baby, you're just a little sensitive is all:)

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  • aspgirl

    That's happened to me a lot in the past, like being shouted at by teachers because they thought I was too lazy to do the work, when I actually had learning difficulties. Even kids would shout stuff at me and tease me, because they thought I was weird and stupid. In one of my bad memories, a boy screamed in my face and I burst into tears. But these emotions can't be controlled so easily. It's just that some of us are more sensitive than others and also are easily emotionally hurt, and more likely to take everything very seriously. It might even be an anxiety disorder or something similar. But there will always be others like yourself who is just as (or even more) sensitive as you are.

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  • xino00

    lol..you don't like it when people yell at you like beast:P

    It's normal, it's just that you are too emotional.
    You just don't like being yelled at which is fine.

    Well I can't think of a way to control it though

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  • amiaphycho

    dont beat your self up he sounds like he was being a jerk!

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  • Maybe you can talk to a counselor about your reaction but really to be a bit more assertive, but your reaction is not exactly inappropriate either. Your dad and this coach have major anger issues, and screaming like that in your face is abusive and outrageous.

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  • ilovemygirlfriend

    do you get bullyed or anything at school?
    i hate people that bully or yell it just drive's me mad i just want to smash there faces in @_@

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  • PoisonFlowers

    Did he apologise? Things like this make me very angry because it's so easy to take things out on someone and shout them down, but it's hard to build up confidence.

    He needs to chill. Maybe he had a particularly bad day, but still, he's a teacher; he should know better than that.

    And yeah, it's normal because being yelled at is horrible. Especially in front of others :(

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  • ParalegalBunny

    It simply depends. I don't agree with the teacher/student situation because it is an abuse in authority even if the student is gone. I do know that people can love each other in spite of age differences or any other barriers between them.

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  • CoolStoryBro

    COOL STORY BRO!

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