(a non-exhaustive checklist)
Is there a big fucking lump of inability wedged just behind your voice box?
Are your tear reservoirs always dangerously close to running over?
Do you have to rack your brain to think of things you like, or things you would like?
Speaking of that, is the future any more than something to be got on with?
Are you sleeping to avoid being conscious?
Have you taken your medication?
Then congratulations, this is just how your life is.
I don't think crying means you're depressed. Crying is a part of grieving, which leads to acceptance and closure.
ReplyDeletecrying can indeed form a helpful part of letting out emotions, but it is also a major player in my experience of depression - characterised by always being there below the surface, rather than triggers by reminders as in grief or stress.
ReplyDeletebut that's me.