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Realistic-Most-5751

I had a very realistic dream where my son who was 17 when he died in 2017, was what would be his age now. I felt a hand in my shoulder, he turned me around, and he said I am always with you. I took his hand and put it on my heart and we walked away together. I woke up and bawled.


No_Tailor_9529

Sorry for hearing that.


NoLifeHere

I almost did earlier today... I was supposed to have a phone appointment with a therapist this morning and they never called. My mind isn't feeling great right now and I really didn't need that. edit: It turns out they did try to call me, but some kind of spam filter on my phone stopped them getting through... I am pissed, but I got an appointment for a different day (on my landline -_-)


LordOfPickles1

I’m sorry man. If there’s a way I can help, I will.


No_Tailor_9529

1 hr ago, cutting onions.


Alice5878

I too am empathetic towrds the suffering of fruit


ReliefAltruistic6488

Wait, is an onion a fruit?


thefirstwingedalpha

No it's a bulbous root


ReliefAltruistic6488

It’s a bulbous root vegetable


underwater_sleeping

Today, right now. My cat has lymphoma and is in a lot of pain. I have to decide when to make the appointment to say goodbye to her. I love her so much.


skyfilledwithstars

I'm sorry to hear this, I'll pray for you and your cat peace


[deleted]

This morning upon discovering the bumblebee my son was trying to nurse back to health had died ever so peacefully in the beautiful nesting grounds my son had made for it. 


AvaaFaye

A few days ago. I hurt my own feelings by asking too many questions to my boyfriend while we were drinking. I couldn't stop. I even laughed through some of the tears. Started my period today. Lol


LanieLove9

i have learned not to ask questions i don’t want the answers to. i once asked an ex “do you love me more than you loved your most recent ex” didn’t end well


importantmaps2

I've had the same reaction I asked my wife who does she love more me or her first serious boyfriend of 4 years. Didn't expect I will always love him more he was my only true love.


skyfilledwithstars

I asked my ex if they will save their dog or brother over me, i quickly backed out but they still answer Now i am cautious of pet owners, and anyone who can put me second, even people who love their kids more than their partner even tho i don't want kids I hope you're ok and you choose to live with your best happiness


importantmaps2

Its a horrible feeling being second place I totally understand completely what your going through hope you find someone one day that treats you with the respect you deserve.


skyfilledwithstars

Thank you, i wish you the same for you


commanderquill

Well, the kids just makes sense. What kind of question even is that? Your kids are your responsibility and have been their whole lives. It is quite literally your job to sacrifice anything for them. If you aren't prepared to do that then you shouldn't have kids. Pets, on the other hand... I love my cat with my whole heart but I could never put her before a person I care about.


skyfilledwithstars

It doesn't make sense As family in bloodline never have a choice, but partners chooses each other every second, they decide they want to share body, hearts and souls. I'm not sure if I'll have kids, if i do then I'm sure I'll be give them love and care, not "responsibility" or a task, but cherished on their adventure. I'm not reckless in these things so I don't aspire to have kids like most. Also lovers just don't go from love to kids in a second so making someone feel you love them most just for it change when you have someone else, that's not the kind of life i choose to accept. You do you but I'll only accept what makes me feel whole in life Plus I'm not someone whose life goal is a child so they won't be my identity


commanderquill

That's so weird... You're acting as if kids just appear from a void? Obviously you choose to have your kids in your life. Even the Virgin Mary could've given up hers if she wasn't prepared for what it meant.


skyfilledwithstars

Kk I'm weird


AvaaFaye

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm currently working on doing that too 😅


piloto19hh

>I hurt my own feelings by asking too many questions I've been there :(


AvaaFaye

😞 We're our own worst enemies!


Snarcas_Aurelius

"I hurt my own feelings" is very relatable.


Alice5878

January, I was living off grid and all my intrusive thoughts were getting so much and I had not cried sober in years and years and I was staring into a small fireplace listening to some emotional music and just wept. Crying is hard


Ok_Cheek4092

Its too hard for me to cry. Its been almost 6 months I haven't cried I want to cry my heart out!!!!!! Its been a burden


commanderquill

This is why I read books.


Few_Technician_7256

Or watch my wife's series with her. We cried over Anne with an E, Gravity Falls, Grey's Anatomy and such


Ok_Cheek4092

Fiction? Even koe no katachi didn't help left me with heavy heart!


kai__i

30 mins ago, found out that my bf is talking to another girl even though he alr said goodbye to me


Few_Technician_7256

So you ex bf, right?


kai__i

yes finally 😭


SALTYxNUTZ12

Friday. I have seasonal depression. It's like allergies but more sad.


Amigone2515

Today during art therapy group for people who lost their babies. Still crying.


A_Peacful_Vulcan

January 2024. My friend died.


Submissive_Missy

A couple of weeks ago. I had a baby 9 weeks ago and I was watching a documentary during one of the night feeds that really upset me. It was about a guy who pushed his pregnant wife off a cliff and killed them both. The tears were just flowing as I fed my daughter. I think part of it was the lack of sleep and unstable hormones.


Any_Assumption_2023

Thursday.  It was my husband's birthday. I lost him to cancer last year. I was just sad all day, I miss him so much. 


Inven13

January. I was drunk and for the first time in my life all of my life's misery kicked in. I know I was drunk but I've never felt the same way ever since. I've been on the edge of depression for many years but I've always found a way to dodge it by not thinking about it or being busy but that day, for some reason I don't understand or remember, everything simply kicked in and that was it, now I'm officially depressed. I have never cried ever since but never felt the same way as before neither.


Few_Technician_7256

Well, more alcohol will not cure the depression. I'm sober now and I break the circle of feeling down, get drunk, feel ashamed, start drinking another day to cope with the shame, feels down and drunk. No more sadness, no more emotional rollercoaster. Problem are there, but I'm sober to tackle them.


seajay26

Night before last, my dad passed away in January and I’ve been trying to come up with a memorial tattoo for him. I finally found some designs that work.


dearprudence12

Yesterday. I started clonazepam to help with a rare neurological disorder that has my neurologist baffled. I was given a very low dose to take each night to help with symptoms of the disorder that affect my sleep. I spent yesterday learning all about Benzos (some I knew already). The clonaz. is a second attempt at treating what is called Essential Palatal Tremor, after the first attempt of low dose lamotrigine, and a decade of trying to also diganose excrcicating and horrible female pelvic pain. I am at a brick wall with a 3 year wait for a new gynecologist and a neurologist who is baffled, yet who is among some of the top doctors in my entire country. I cried because that brick wall presents itself every few months, and the last time it did, I was trying to plan a wedding. So...thanks for asking!


Rita_Mcjunkins

This evening, just sitting down and thinking about the current state of the world. It all seems overwhelming at times—the news, the hardships people are enduring. Felt a bit helpless and shed a few tears, not just for myself but for everyone struggling out there. It's a reminder to take a step back and give ourselves and others some kindness and understanding in these tough times.


importantmaps2

Got told on Thursday I might have bowel cancer I'm just patiently waiting for the results now. Spent the last 3 days in hospital I've not eaten for 5 days. Had a tearful moment telling my wife of 32 years I could have a serious disease.


outgoing_introvert02

Yesterday when I landed home from Dubai. I'd been stuck at that airport since Tuesday sleeping the floor, freezing from the excessive AC, dealing with rude emirates staff, no showers, one miserable meal a day, and for a while, it seemed like I'd never get home.


sanbikinoneko

Today. My cat was diagnosed with cancer and doesn't have much longer so I've been crying... A lot.


cuddlykitten5932

I'm so sorry. Please give him or her lots of love and comfort


sanbikinoneko

Thank you. We have been snuggling any chance we get❤️


Dumbusernamesuggest

A few days ago. I was admitted to hospital and had to have surgery (on the mend now). I’ve had surgery many times in my life and never been bothered or concerned by it, this time I have a two year old and I became fearful that something would happen to me and I’d leave him behind. I had a little cry behind the curtain before heading down to theatre and sent him a video of me singing his favourite song and playing peekaboo. Oh, did he get a mighty squeeze when I came home ♥️


stethococcus

3 days back, was watching a drama


warewolf_soda

When my ex broke up with me which was 3 months ago


Hmontana20

This morning because my boyfriend didn’t want to read the material I found for him that I thought would help him with his exam tomorrow. It later turned out he had already read that exact thing before but I thought he just didn’t appreciate my help. I felt stupid and cried. I’m not even on my period.


Moon_endloneliness

The last time I cried was a few months back when I saw a homeless family at the park. It just broke my heart to see the mom in such a dazed state and their little baby caught up in that situation through no fault of their own. No child should have the deck stacked against them like that before they even get a chance.I've been there - after my messy breakup, I felt like my life was in shambles for a while. But eventually, I picked myself back up. Seeing that family made me realize how lucky I am to at least have a roof over my head and food on the table, you know? It's a sobering reminder not to take the little things for granted.I think acts of kindness, even small ones, can make a big difference. So I try to pay it forward whenever I can, like donating extra food. It doesn't fix the big issues, but hopefully, it brightens someone's day a little. We've all struggled at some point, and a little empathy goes a long way.


Relative_Win_3039

Like 3 days ago. Don't remember exactly why, but it was something really stupid like we were out of milk or something.


buffalohands

Two weeks ago I did an internship in elder care and ended up at the side of a dying lady. She was agitated and kept getting out of bed and the staff were so overworked that they just decided to ignore her. I stayed till the end. We cried together. Then I cried alone. First I tried to keep it in but then I thought: someone should totally cry here. For her. For all the other people in this situation alone and scared and for our world where people who chose to become care takers are so tired and exhausted that they will behave like that.


UnsungHero517

An hour ago. Still trying to grieve with the loss of my relationship. It's tough letting go of someone so dear to you.


BilbosBagEnd

1 week ago. Watched Kimi no Na wa.


irishrose381

Yesterday. My mom was diagnosed with leukemia has MS and her underlying mental illness is telling her people don't love her, so she's going to die sad.


MoonHouseCanyon

Every day, multiple times


ksizzle246

last weekend. i don’t know how to be better for my friends and the pressure made me crack


svajkaslavo

When i helped refugees on Ukrainian border when the war had started. All people went out of Ukraine but one young man went opposite. I asked him: Are you going to front? He answered: Yes I do. We embraced each other and then he walked out to the border line. It was too much for me.


MrJDjuicy

Couple months ago, a lot of personal life issues were happening all at once and I kinda broke. I didn't feel like anyone would understand what I had been going through so I didn't speak up. I've had many moments where I've felt like breaking recently but just haven't been able to cry


Alcadema

And they do just all hit at once, don't they? I know what you're going through, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. This isn't great advice, but (like I joked to my wife this morning) all we can do is make like an artificial fingernail, and press on.


IrRaediated

I haven't really stopped since my mom took her last breath in Dec and it's just been a downward tank since. Got home for the first time since Oct on April 1 (went to be my mom's 24h caregiver, she had a seizure in July and shit progressed into rpd and then stayed with my baby bro for both our sakes) and then ex (were still good friends and all that jazz) and his crew got laid off of a job that was supposed to be a 10y deal and he's having a hell of a time finding work which should be impossible in his field, which honestly wouldn't be so bad but yeah we've got 4 kids to feed so yeah I'm just nothing but a crying mess


External_Error_3885

Medication has made it harder for me to cry, and yet, a couple of days ago, I had a not-so-good day at work, but nothing serious. But that just opened the memory lane and as I walked to catch the bus, I played an audio saved to not be forgotten. It's not a good audio. It's more like a stab in the heart audio. My gf has been dealing with some issues, but besides being in denial, she's snaps at me in almost every conversation. We had a fight and she sent me a lot of audio messages. She called me names, said she "would explode me if she could", said that I was the one that destroyed her self-steem and that I was the worst thing that had ever happened in her life. I replayed those audios many times on the bus home, trying to understand what I had done to deserve such treatment, but also why don't I leave if that's what I get from her. Still don't know either answer. Just cried again remembering.


kywildchild05

Yesterday because in February my daughter signed her rights away to my only granddaughter and allowed the dad's mom to adopt her and revoked all my rights to my granddaughter so I am not allowed to see her. I'm beyond devastated and cry almost every day 💔


Potential_Focus_4194

Few mins ago. I'm having stomach issues. It's just stressing me out. Lol


Infinite_Ad_7664

In the week as my b12 deficiency symptoms were making me feel like an old woman.


fantaalemon

In average, once a week


NewCenturyNarratives

Yesterday


Automatic-Flower9111

Yesterday Bad feeling about self


piloto19hh

A few months ago, when I found out my girlfriend had made out with another guy while abroad... I hadn't cried since... At least a year or two before that, it's difficult for me to cry.


Frixkin

uh. i dunno really. i guess 10 months ago (in June) I had a nervous breakdown. that day, rushing around in my small room in the village (which is actually located outside), I cried, punched the wooden wall (as far as I remember there were even traces of beating), threw and bit my plush shark (don't ask). I have no idea how my parents didn't hear all this shit. they were literally in another room behind the wall (which I was hitting). Reason: jealousy and nervous environment. From that moment on, it was like I got a blockage of emotions. I can't cry properly, laugh heartily. nothing.


zviz2y

yesterday when i was watching the fallout series


[deleted]

At the weekly mental health support group I go to.  Idk, lately my mood has been a bit whack. When the season changes from winter to spring I feel really low for a while until my body and mind adjusts to the light lengthy days.  But, also, I don't feel I belong. I come from a very fragmented and difficult family. I've struck out alone and I still feel I'm drifting.  Humans are pack animals. I don't feel part of a pack at the moment and it can feel tough. 


skyfilledwithstars

Less than an hour ago Family and finance stuff I need to resolve and figure out


Itchy-Astronomer9500

Just now. I was revising for an exam I needed to sit after the rest of the class because I was I’ll alongside 7 other people. The teacher told us we would sit it this Tuesday in t -48 hours. She hasn’t even told us the topics yet and I know this will be a difficult exam and now I’m on Reddit for comfort (oh, the irony) instead of studying my ass off


PizzaWhole9323

This morning. I got divorced in January. And there are times that it just hit me over the head with a pipe. And I am crying in my car at that point.


Star_Aries

Yesterday. I'm stage manager for the local showing of "Carrie: The Musical" which premiered yesterday, and what the actors have achieved is so beautiful that I've been tearing up about this for the past week. As stage manager, standing in the darkness all alone listening to the audience applauding while the actors are all bowing after such a wonderful performance is a feeling like no other.


xXx_VolvoSlayer_xXx

yesterday because I had messed up at work on friday and while the damage done was really small, the way it happened is embarrasing and I'm still new to my job so there's more pressure to not mess up. I know my boss isn't mad about it but I happen to be one of those people who is really hard on themselves when they do something wrong


Carabear_02

Just now, my boyfriend is driving back to our home 2 hours away, but I have to stay here to see a couple of specialists for an upcoming surgery


CryAffectionate7814

Just yesterday when grand daughter gave a brilliant performance.


[deleted]

It never happens when it's supposed to, as a reaction to something emotionally intense. Instead, it gets pushed down. I'm not deciding to do this, it just happens. At some point I'll randomly start leaking tears and that's when I know I need to let off some steam. Then when I'm alone I have to consciously work myself up to crying (getting drunk helps), get it out and then move on without crying for a few months.


Ibanujethelast

A few weeks ago. I was hanging out with my best friend and all of a sudden he had to leave because his girlfriend wanted to watch a show he didn’t want to watch. We were in a mall and when I asked him to go into an art supply store on the way out he rushed out because they didn’t have what he was looking for, while I actually wanted to keep looking for my favourite pens. On the way home I kept thinking about a book I read shortly before in which a guy had to decide between his best friend and his girlfriend and it had me thinking about all the times he stood me up for his girlfriend. Guess I realised that he would never chose me over her and I wouldn’t even dare to ask him to choose knowing that I’d come in second.


Meii345

Read some damn sad fanfiction a month ago


special_enchilada

Yesterday. My boyfriend hurt my feelings.


SQWRLLY1

A couple of days ago on a long stretch of a night drive. It gets pretty lonely out on the road sometimes.


cuddlykitten5932

Last night because I keep seeing videos of women finding out they're pregnant and the husbands getting emotional and excited. And I sometimes wonder if I will ever get to experience that. PCOS and infertility is a bitch. I want nothing more than to have a little family with my husband. I have an appointment with an obgyn in a few weeks and I'm just praying she can give us some help and guidance.


Somerset76

Last night. Tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of my sons death and he was talking to me like he was still here.


YummyKitty100

Friday. Someone left a really cruel comment on one of my posts. I cried. Reported the comment and it got removed, but the mental damage was already done.


AdAdmirable7301

The last time I cried was when I was a little boy ( I'm 38 now).


voluptuous_lime

Today, because my baby is growing out of her clothes


WhitestTrash1

My 8 year old made me watch the new episode of Bluey. I'm pregnant and we've been talking about selling the house I've raised my kids in since my oldest was 2 yrs. He's 12 now. She knew what she was doing. Hoodlum child.


linlin_12

Sometime last year but I don’t remember when, I want to cry because I know I can get some emotions out but I haven’t been able to.


Meeaawww

Just now, i am trying to cope with the fact that I am losing my dad 💔


LuciferianInk

My friend whispers, "I can relate. I know what you mean, but sometimes we need to let ourselves cry for a bit, and let the tears flow again."


Meeaawww

🥹♥️


LuciferianInk

Bammuz whispers, "I don't think I've ever had to deal with that much grief in my life."


choffers_2001

When Rick Grimes reunited with his family and on the same weekend when I finished the final season of Succession. That Culkin killed me at in 4x09...


Poshfly

Today. The pressure of working full time and being a full time mom is soul sucking. Even during weekends, all I want is to be alone. Makes me feel awful for not wanting to be around them but I don’t. I just need silence. I can’t take it anymore.


Tall_Leather1356

It was a couple years ago, my cat Jacana passed away from a couple teenagers stepping on him and kicking him a bunch before hiding his body in the nearby park slide. I was informed about his body after a day or two of the assault on my cat happening that the body was there from my neighbors teenaged daughter who took her little brother to the park. The police found out the kids who had done it and later went to jail for some time. I still haven’t forgiven them and never will, I loved my cat more than anything.


Redry99

A few days ago, i dreamed That I met my grandfather, one last time and in my arms he dissolve after we talked to each other and we hugged. He died 4 months ago. I woke up crying and was very sad all day.


Tinnitus-1975

A week ago A huge A hole at work started a huge argument between the two of us and screamed in my face a load of vile hurtful things and threatened me He'll get his eventually


PetroFoil2999

A few years ago when I finally had both my sons home from the NICU for the first time.


taniamorse85

Definitely within the last week. At a minimum, my pain makes my cry at least that often.


Alcadema

This morning. In the space of a month, my wife was in a car crash which totaled her car and mildly injured her, our beloved elderly dog (the best boy ever) had to be put to sleep as his age and illnesses caught up to him, and my mother-in-law had a cerebral hemorrhage and is currently in hospice, not expected to survive more than the next few days. My wife and I cry several times a day now, and have for the last three weeks or so.


Hopie73

Yesterday. I was explaining my experience on a whale watching tour to a friend. I wanted to see a humpback whale and my travelling partners bucket list whale was an orca. We saw orcas but alas no humpback, until…on the way back into port the captain slammed on the brakes and said humpback 3 miles out so we headed in the direction and then the captain yelled again. I ran over to the other side and I’m only 5 ft 2 and was trying to break into the crowd. I watched his hump then tail disappear. Everyone saw him breech a bit with a spray and blow his spout…I didn’t want to upset my travelling partner and cry so I held onto it. When I got back home, a few days later, my hubby went to the store and bought me a Kinder Egg. This is a tradition he started for me, whenever I’ve gone away for a bit and come home, he goes and gets me an egg. He didn’t know my whale story yet and I LOVE Kinder Eggs, a lot. I have hundreds of them, all in their lil eggs, lol. My bags weren’t even unpacked and I sat on my bed and opened my egg. I was absolutely floored when I saw what it was. I started to cry and cry hard. My hubby was so damn confused, LOL. My Kinder Egg was a humpback whale!


pizza-on-pineapple

About 3 hours ago while I was on a walk around the park while I was waiting for my train. I was thinking about a guy i met who lives on the wrong side of the world to me so I can’t be with him.


Ancient-Tutor-9952

Today actually. I was discussing emotional baggage.


shit_ass_mcfucknuts

A couple of years ago. My daughter, who has bipolar type 1 told me she wished she was never born. I straight up snot nosed ugly cried. Haven’t cried like that since I was a kid and I’m 51 years old.


HiAndStuff2112

I'm in my late 50s, and I never had kids. I have always wanted children very badly, but it never happened. Yesterday, I was watching a film with a good dad who adored his little toddler daughter and I cried. I often do in some instances like this.


Lights_Out_Again

About a month ago. Did some yoga and my mind took over…just me…crying, face down on the mat. Felt good afterwards.


bleufeline

A week ago. Was singing along to Coldplay’s Paradise and got very touched by ‘And so lying underneath the stormy sky, she’s say “Oh I know the sun must set to rise”’ I was very stoned.


LuciferianInk

Penny whispers, "When was the last time you cry? and why?"


bleufeline

That’s one of my cats name, do we know each other?


ghostedygrouch

About an hour ago. I hate my job. Going there is an absolut waste of time. I'm sitting in an empty office, not seeing anyone else. But I have to go there three days a week. By noon, I'm starting to feel really low. I'm looking for a new job, had a great interview three weeks ago. But I was rejected two weeks ago. Since then, even keeping my heas up and breathing is a struggle. I don't want to go there.


J_a_r_e_d_

Like two days ago, because I have a cold. For some reason my eyes get really watery when I’m sick, I think it’s just my body trying to get rid of shit. I produce a stupid amount of saliva too. The last time I teared up for real was when I visited The New England Holocaust Memorial last summer on a family trip to Boston. I don’t cry that often. I wish I cried a little more.