You've got me feelin' emotions..

Last night while Matt was getting ready for bed I was watching some show on tv...this woman was at her therapist appointment talking about how she is a single mom and is just trying so hard to be there for her kids etc etc....she then started crying and said "I told myself I wouldn't do this" and the therapist says "it's okay to show emotion" and she said "Not to cry....it shows weakness, and that's not good".

It broke my heart to hear that. Why do so many people believe that crying is a form of weakness? It isnt! God gave us these emotions to USE them, not bottle them up and stuff them inside. Crying is just a physical way of letting emotions out. You can't tell me that you don't feel better after a good cry, can you? My mom has always stuffed her tears down and without knowing it she taught me to do that too....then I realized, my tears are coming out for a REASON and just to let myself cry, which I now do on a regular basis. It's a way to show pain, exhaustion, anger, anything. It doesn't mean you are weak.... where do people even get that logic from? I just' dont understand.

I mean did she think her therapist would berate her for crying? Hello she is in THERAPY to help her get a handle on everything, and crying is one of the ways. So what if you cry in a movie! Listen around and you will hear most other people sniffling and crying too. Nobody can see you crying anyway so just get over it. Will your husband think you are weak? Well, I hope not., Mine holds me and lets me snot and cry all over his shirt if necessary. He lets me feel my emotions when I need to.

I just dont get it....