Is it normal i don't cry at funerals?

My ex bf commited suicide not to long ago. I tried to cry, but couldnt. My grandma died aswell. I couldnt shed a tear. I just stood there, numb... I couldnt cry, everyone else did. I felt empty, and confused but no grief. I Almost pretened to cry! I just..couldnt. Its almost like I didnt care! But I did...... I think? Am I weird?? Maybe I don't know how to take emotions. When people pass away I feel like its another day...

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  • When my mum died in november I sat down for eight hours listening to music and I didn't shredda tear either, and those of you who will say I'm lazy for sitting down for eight hours aut to know I'm eleven

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  • Numbness is a part of grief so it's totally normal, everyone handles it different

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  • I don't cry either lol

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  • yeah i think that's normal. I've felt that way too and it's not because people have been hurtful to me. The emptiness means that you do love them and feel their absence but you don't show the "proper" mourning because you work differently. It's just a cultural norm and not a sign of how much you love them. It is my opinion that a lot of people feel like this but just cry on purpose like you tried to do because they feel guilty.

    Also this is just my opinion about spirituality but you might just know in your soul that this is not the real end and just because they are not there with you anymore doesn't mean they aren't a part of you.

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  • Wow. Thank you, this site is actually better then paying hundereds of dollars to a fucking thearpist. Seriously, I felt so odd. I just was "meh" about the whole thing. Kinda Dazed and confused. I do have a family that is/ was VERY VERY harmful towards me. I was always mentally and phiscally abused by my mom and dad. I kinda felt numb to everything around me. I don't speak to my brother, b/c he would gang up with my folks and just treat me like shit. I have a life now, so Fuck it! Thank you!

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  • I say it's normal and here's why: We all have atleast went through this or something like this once and it's true that it is normal. If you were treated badly or anything like that from someone you cared about then odds ar you will not cry. My grandfather died and I didn't cry mostly because the world keeps turning. So to answer this:

    IIN? Yes.

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