I’ve had this problem my whole life and I’ve met a few others with it too, but none of us know why. We all have no problem crying under certain circumstances (anxiety attacks for me), but sometimes when we’re about to cry at a certain stimulus, something clicks and the feeling just vanishes, even if we want to cry. Is it just a personality thing or is this a known phenomenon with a name or something?
Sorry, didn’t know where else to ask. Google just brought up reasons you can’t stop crying, the opposite problem.
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I am by no means an expert in psychology so I’m just going to speak from what I’ve learned in therapy. I do this often and in my particular case it’s a survival mechanism called dissociation. When I become overwhelmed by stress or an emotion I don’t feel comfortable with “something clicks” in me and the emotion recedes back into nothing and I ‘go blank’ for lack of a better term. I learned this when I was younger and it’s one of the primary answers my brain/mind/self/whatever has for dealing with pain or being uncomfortable. Idk if this is the same thing that you’re experiencing, but maybe it’s worth asking a professional about sometime.
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