I cry way too easily - how can I become less emotional?

Question

I'm an 18 y/o female. It takes almost nothing to make me cry. I do not cry over physical pain, but emotional pain. My own and others. I'm extremely empathetic, so when others suffer I feel their own pain like its my own. Always if someone tries to confide in me and they tear up, I start bawling - I usually end up crying harder than the person with the problem!

And just little things make me silently hysterical... like seeing a widow sitting alone at a restaurant. [I'm tearing up just thinking about it!]

I know it's not particularly a bad thing, but it's pretty embarassing and I need a way to control it because I want to be a doctor. I think most of the time I cry more when I try not to cry, because I really hate for others to see me crying.

Sorry for rambling. I think I'll go cry now, lol.

Answer 1

i'm the same way.

it helps me to slow the waterworks if i think of something totally unrelated. or it sometimes works if i try to distance myself from the situation. or ( i think this is awful but it works sometimes) try to make it into a joke, think of some really funny joke some comedian has said.

i feel that when people tell me their problems and start crying, i find myself imagining what i would do in that situation, which makes me feel what kind of feelings they might be feeling, and i come to about the same conclusion they do. crying. sometimes it's better just to let it out.

Answer 2

don't take what people say and do, and life in general so serious.you'll be much happier then

Answer 3

I am excessively emotional too. I understand this can be a  sign of depression. See a therapist, but try to avoid drugs.