I start crying in an argument or when i'm angry.

-Male, 17.-
Well for some reason I start crying in an argument or when I'm angry... it's not intentionally, it's just that i just start crying! Like when i argue with my mother, one thing that really frustrated and makes me angry is that she won't ever let me talk, like she's deaf to everyone besides what she has to say, from that I just want to hit her most likely but I don't want to harm people. I don't understand why this happens, IIN?

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  • AmINormal101

    When me and my brother had a huge argument and he does not listen to what I'm saying, It made me cry and I just kicked him in the face. He was sent to the hospital for broken neck and I lost my 3 months allowance paying hospital bills. That was a long time ago. Your more normal than me. T_T

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  • Inspector019

    The Biology of Tears

    After careful examination of the salty secretions produced by our lacrimal glands, scientists can tell us that tears are a biological necessity, but that not all tears are the same. There are basal tears, which keep the eyes lubricated; reflex tears, which are produced when we peel onions or get an eyeful of sand; and emotional tears.

    Emotional tears are a response to physical or emotional pain, and they don't develop until babies are several months old. These differ from other tears on a chemical level. Not only do emotional tears have more protein than basal or reflex tears, they also contain manganese and the hormone prolactin -- both chemicals that the body produces in response to stress. Women produce higher levels of the mood-altering prolactin -- which stimulates lactation and has a calming effect -- although that may or may not explain why women cry more than men.

    Either way, it seems we purge our bodies of stress-related chemicals when we cry, which might make us feel better because it restores our chemical balance. Even so, that doesn't explain why we cry.

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  • Jiovanie

    Yes, that's an understandable response to being frustrated, when I lived with my aunt and her husband and three children, I would always cry out of frustration. My mom does as well, I stopped now and my insides burn instead and so do my eyes, its not healthy and is the result of 13 years of being told, boys don't cry, stop crying, crying is for girls, you're too big to cry, crying shows weakness, you're a crybaby, I hate your crying, I'm now 18 and can't cry normally, maybe one tear if I can't hold it back. My mom is the same way as your mom, however these passed two years I don't put up with it and we get into arguments eventually cold screaming, resentful, insulting arguments, with her screaming. Yeah...

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  • Syladis

    -I'm OP.
    I just hate it, I wish I could not cry and actually just express what I'm feeling, which is anger.. and crying out of anger confuses me, cause when you're angry i don't see crying as one of it's reactions.

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    • joybird

      It's just sooo frustrating not being able to get your point across. I think you're trying to talk at the wrong time. Go away and punch a pillow rather than a person when you get angry and when you're exhausted you can talk calmly to your mom, whose more likely to listen than when you're ranting emotionally.

      IMO coz I have a teenage son and switch off regularly until he calms down and speaks to me civilly.

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  • Aw, I just wanna give you a hug lol. I do this too when I'm frustrated enough- like when a customer insults you at work and you can't do anything about it, and the indignity of it is too much to take!

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  • liveistanbul

    Hey,

    May be it is normal. But honestly, it's bad for you my friend. And you can handle that problem. Or else, It may cause some loss for you in the future. Cry, be mad, get crazy... But do them all, after you take care of your arguement. And do them when you are alone.

    Because, generally other people want you to be a perfect human, which doesn't exist. Learn to hide your emotions, when it's necessary.

    You can do it:)

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  • sleepingbeauty

    The fact that it may not seem normal, is simply because you are male and the stereotypical image is that men don't cry in temper. Having said that, I think it is a very normal. It certainly is for women, I cry in temper and frustration very easily.

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  • Crd08

    Im the same. I hate it!

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  • AngAnders112

    my sister is like this too. she's not very well at expressing her feelings, so she just explodes and cries.

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  • crissyabear

    The same thing happen to me. My sister too. It's normal don't know how to change it though.

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