i cry watching movies. is this depression?

[[fl...]]

I am 6'1 and 230 lbs. I played college ball and guess what. I cry at movies like a little baby. I have always gotten choked up at sentimental things but i cry now even at my kids movies. I have to hide it from my wife because she laughs at me. Is this depression? During acute i cried  everyday for 4 months strait. Probably all together 2 to 3 hours out of the day. I know that was depression but what about crying about things that move you sentimentally?

 

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[Guest [Mi...]]

Being moved by other people's joy and sorrow is a sign of empathy, not depression. Just means you have a big heart. 

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I am 6'1 and 230 lbs. I played college ball and guess what. I cry at movies like a little baby. I have always gotten choked up at sentimental things but i cry now even at my kids movies. I have to hide it from my wife because she laughs at me. Is this depression? During acute i cried  everyday for 4 months strait. Probably all together 2 to 3 hours out of the day. I know that was depression but what about crying about things that move you sentimentally?

 

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It doesn't sound like depression to me, but it could be if it also involves feelings of hopelessness, despair, inability to do anything, a feeling of "deadness," and so forth.  But it sounds like withdrawal to me, and withdrawal affects us all differently.  I didn't cry at all for my first two years off, simply couldn't physically(I've never been a crier). I wished I could cry at times, if only to relieve my extreme anxiety. But, no.  Many here have reported this. 

 

Crying is a catharsis, a way of relieving anxiety, and if it does that for you it's actually a good thing.  But at any rate it's from withdrawal, and it will get better as you heal.

 

[[Ro...]]

I also experience the same thing, I cry or feel like crying, is like I feel reflected in the movies with my personal life; like MindSeeker said "empathy". I would say that is not depression but related. We are very sensitive and emotional in withdrawal. I have experienced this also before benzos, there were periods of time where I was very sensitive to movies/sad situations/conversations.

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This my seem weird but I think this is a GOOD thing, or it would be for me at least. My biggest mental loss in this benzo ride has been the loss of feelings. I used to be so compassionate, I gave my life to social work, helping others. Now, as much as I want to, I just don't give a shit about much except my own survival.

I used to be moved to tears on a regular basis by the beauty or sadness in a song, a painting, a movie. I love feeling that emotion.

With every dry cut, I would be come more emotional, feel more. Sometimes it's painful or embarrassing but for me it's a sure sign of healing.

And like you pointed out you cried for 4 months during acute. I've been there, just crying because that's all I could really do. Crying about things that move you sentimentally is the sign of a compassionate, caring human in my opinion. For me the more I'm able to cry seems to balance out with the ability to laugh.

[[Je...]]

I get the same, I well up while watching tinkerbell with my 6 year old daughter

 

Mine has nothing to do with depression. I well up over acts of kindness, courage, etc. 

[[hu...]]

I had a lot of this for a long time during w/d, I used get teary eyed or hide myself and cry by the slightest sentimental moment in a movie or ad, even in real life, watching a small gesture of kindness or expression of suffering or a heroic act etc would bring me to tears, it was embarrassing in the presence of others, I still get it but am in better control, for me it was the pain and misery of the w/d process and also the weird state of mind from the symptoms which made me emotional very fast.

 

It's w/d don't worry, I think we are not able to handle emotions like normal people, I'm not sure if it's depression, that makes me do harmful things to myself.

[[Si...]]

I have this too, but in my case it's not related to depression. It's more like my emotions are on overdrive. It's so strange, because I still can't experience certain feelings, namely love and joy. I think my emotions were suppressed on the drugs and they're gradually coming back.

 

I had a lot of this for a long time during w/d, I used get teary eyed or hide myself and cry by the slightest sentimental moment in a movie or ad, even in real life, watching a small gesture of kindness or expression of suffering or a heroic act etc would bring me to tears,

 

I'm the same. I'm more likely to cry over acts of kindness and sometimes heroism and courage (be it from a movie or from real life) than sad scenes, although that happens too. When I was in the ER 2 months back, there was a very old and frightened patient next to me. The doctor and the nurses treated him with the utmost kindness, and I burst into tears because I had witnessed old and senile people being treated like crap in other hospitals. The doc and the nurses thought I was crying from the pain. Yesterday I couldn't handle watching Ice Age (a cartoon!) because the sad and touching scenes felt too much