How come I cry when my parents get mad at me?

Question

I'm a 14 year old male about to turn 15. Each time my mom or dad start talking to me about how mad they are at me or if they're getting mad at me I have the tendency to start crying. I don't know why and I gets me sooo pissed off because my parents are going to think I'm soft or treat me different soon. Help?

Answer 1

Nothing wrong with crying...(...right? ^^;)

I've done it all the time...you get over emotional and the d**n things just leak out. I think it's the body's natural reaction to feeling overwhelmed, a sort of stress relief, doesn't matter if you're sad, angry or both. You're definitely not soft because of it (I get infuriated by it too)

If it's embarrassing perhaps the best thing is to leave the scene as fast as possible, find somewhere private to recover (possibly take any frustration out on a nearby inanimate object (non breakable) and then face your parents on more stable ground. If your parents get mad because it looks like you're running away you could tell them that you're not going to face them when you're like this. It's better when you're in a more rational frame of mind.

Answer 2

Your parents care and they love you. You cry because you feel hurt that you disappointed them.

Answer 3

It's because you're a woman! Kidding...

[From Wikipedia]

These range from the simple such as response to inflicted pain to the more complex including nonverbal communication in order to elicit helping behaviour from others.

Flushing of stress chemicals

Due to the chemical composition of emotional tears, some scientists have hypothesized that a function of crying is to rid the body of stress hormones. William H. Frey II, a biochemist at the University of Minnesota, proposed in his publication "Crying; The Mystery of Tears" that people feel better after crying due to the elimination of hormones associated with stress, specifically adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Answer 4

You probably cry because you feel like you are letting them down when they are mad at you. I would not worry about them thinking you are soft. You are who you are and its great to see someone out there with feeling. stay sweet

Answer 5

i'm the same

i cry cause i m pissed of at my parentss forr biitching at me

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