Comments on Profile Post by __INKY

It depends on what you're crying on. Crying on spilling your water, for example, doesn't show strength, it just shows you need to mature.

Yeah it depends on your point of view.

@Otus, depends, really. If someone is getting a myriad of crap piled upon them, and spilling water sets them off, it isn't really an issue of needing to 'mature'.

I think crying is a sign of strength. It's a normal emotional response and the hormones it releases are good for stress and anger relief. I wish I could still do it.

I'm talking about in general

I would actually call it a sign of vulnerability. Crying places you in a state of vulnerability because it displays a weakness to those around you.

Instincts tell us that you shouldn't do that, because displaying a weakness could give others strength over you. Thus why people attribute weakness to it.

But really, how you handle that vulnerability is what determines whether it comes from a place of strength or weakness. So I guess you could say that like others said, it depends on the situation ;)