I cry quite a bit. In childhood (during family trauma I was not consciously aware of) I would cry most exclusively when something was funny. I had an kind uncle who would visit and he would whisper in my ear, super-cala-fregulisitic-expe alidocious. I would start laughing and laughing so much I would cry, alot. Family would laugh with me. I was sensitive to funny things, though funny things weren't exactly happening in my family. Fast-forward to adulthood and I cry if I hear a baby cry. ( As a nurse I could never take care of children in my 39 years of nursing career. I think I had only two child patients, one a burned toddler and a school age child with major bone fractured). I cry at moments of human sensitivity. I hear of people who are highly sensitive people, like being in a category of people who are more sensitive to their environment. I think I am such. I wonder how crying in these circumstances compare to your discussion. Is my crying in a supermarket when I hear a crying baby have anything to do with freeze flight?
"crying is an action, not a state." I like that. (p.s. I will reach out about joining your next group.)
I hope to see you there! The next one starts January 8 at 9am PST. (I'm also working on the next cohort - Stillness to Sympathetic).
I cry quite a bit. In childhood (during family trauma I was not consciously aware of) I would cry most exclusively when something was funny. I had an kind uncle who would visit and he would whisper in my ear, super-cala-fregulisitic-expe alidocious. I would start laughing and laughing so much I would cry, alot. Family would laugh with me. I was sensitive to funny things, though funny things weren't exactly happening in my family. Fast-forward to adulthood and I cry if I hear a baby cry. ( As a nurse I could never take care of children in my 39 years of nursing career. I think I had only two child patients, one a burned toddler and a school age child with major bone fractured). I cry at moments of human sensitivity. I hear of people who are highly sensitive people, like being in a category of people who are more sensitive to their environment. I think I am such. I wonder how crying in these circumstances compare to your discussion. Is my crying in a supermarket when I hear a crying baby have anything to do with freeze flight?