Can’t stop crying, do movies make you cry?

[Theverytiredgirl]

I literally can’t stop, it’s horrible to really feel things for me, even if I’m alone when I cry, which I am, I’m crying alone about a movie, although it must be more than that, but boy did it hit me in the gut. It was called; “ Call me by your name” if anyone has seen it you’ll understand. I’m actually very embarrassed to be balling my eyes out over a fictional romance but here I am. I’m terrified that I’ll not ever really be in love, and I’m terrified that I will be, cause that can be awful, it can go wrong in thousands of ways, and I’ve lost so much already. The thing is I don’t even admit to myself that I’m this hopeless romantic on the inside, and that it’s something I do in fact want. I just assumed I would be alone, and it didn’t scare me, but now it does! My life is going to be just an utter waste if I can’t even try. Oh my that is some cinematic magic to make me feel like this, triggered for sure, but honest with myself, and so horrible sad, I’m literally inconsolable! Thanks for tearing up my chest cavity, and trampling on my heart. ? (for real though). I guess I’ll live through it.

 

[Ronin]

Movies alone, no.

Movies I had seen while with people I miss, as a distraction from high trauma times, or too close to my life? Yes.

Not relating on the romance angle though. More likely to numb things out if they are relational stuff I do not have, do not understand, or had wayway long ago, than cry about it.

 

[somerandomguy]

I hardly ever watch movies anymore because they affect me emotionally way too much.

The worst was when we went out to see the animated kids' movie "Ferdinand" with my son and his friend and I kept tearing up like a faucet. And it wasn't even a good movie at all or anything. It's a good thing movie theaters are dark.

 

[Friday]

What Ronin said.

 

[Theverytiredgirl]

Movies alone, no.

Movies I had seen while with people I miss, as a distraction from high trauma times, or too close to my life? Yes.

Not relating on the romance angle though. More likely to numb things out if they are relational stuff I do not have, do not understand, or had wayway long ago, than cry about it.

I always knew I was an oddball, this has happened to me since I was a little kid apparently, I would have disproportionately huge meltdowns over fictional characters! I actually am a person that can’t cry, I mostly feel nothing day to day. My aunt has the same problem she hasn’t cried since she found her husband dead in bed 30 years ago! I’m capable of feeling very deeply, I just don’t let myself go off the edge very often, because the pit is deep. I’m very scared that I’ll never be in love in my entire life, as things got f*cked up for me before I was mature enough to experience it, and now I’m wasting my youth writing sad poetry, with my cats, and mostly in my pajamas. It never bothered me before, I didn’t want conventional life, I always knew mine would be strange, and that was okay. Idk books and movies have changed my life before, taken it from one direction to another. It’s not even an issue rn, maybe never, but now I think it would make me sad.

 

[Ronin]

I always knew I was an oddball,

:) I do not think you are or were an oddball because of that.

I also think relating strongly to art is super common in artistic people and circles, (and would not be frowned upon there, the same way it may feel elsewhere) if you longed for a deeper sense of connection or discussion.

That, or some autistic people groups talk about relating to characters and not relating to real life people, quite often, too.

 

[Theverytiredgirl]

:) I do not think you are or were an oddball because of that.

I also think relating strongly to art is super common in artistic people and circles, (and would not be frowned upon there, the same way it may feel elsewhere) if you longed for a deeper sense of connection or discussion.

That, or some autistic people groups talk about relating to characters and not relating to real life people, quite often, too.

Ah yes, starving artist and philosophy major ? makes sense. I didn’t know that about autism, how interesting! Hsp and empaths have some overlap in certain areas with autism, but I can read ppl ALL too well lol.