How much of a crybaby are you? Before now I was so ashamed of the fact that I cried over every little thing and I something felt like I was more of a weakling cause I couldn’t seem to hold my tears as my eyes are never dry whenever something happens.
I think if I’m to describe myself I would say I am the most sensitive person I have seen. I cry over every little thing. When I am stressed I cry, every little stuff I just can’t help it. Due to this act, I always have a tissue in my bag so I have to be prepared for whatever is going to happen. Weird but I just can’t help it no matter how hard I try. Most times I just have to pretend like I don’t cry in order not to feel like a weakling.
Something happened recently at work and I had tears in my eyes I just had to focus on the floor so nobody would notice that I wanted to cry. My friend at work whispered to me and said “You don’t have to pretend, I could see tears in your eyes, it’s okay to cry Ib”.
A few minutes later, I got a beep on my phone, he sent me his playlist and asked me to listen to Girls Like Me Don’t Cry by Thuy. Listening to it I felt good though cause I was able to understand how well I could relate to it.
Girls like Me Don’t Cry is R&B/Soul music, released in 2022. When I checked out the song I found out that Thuy wrote this song during a hard time in her life when she said “It is okay to cry”
I also realized that we were similar in a way cause Thuy spoke about how growing up she was nicknamed a “crybaby” as she would cry about any little thing.
Honestly, music makes you connect to the singer. I felt good after I listened to it and I couldn’t help but add this song to my playlist.
Girls like me don’t cry
Girls like me pretend we don’t cry
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It’s strange but I think most strong women cry. Most times I feel crying is just a way to release emotions and when I do I feel better. It doesn’t solve everything but I know for sure that whenever I’m done crying I feel better and have a clear head for thinking.
Thuy said “Crying is not a sign of weakness, crying is when you are in tune with yourself. You let it out and then go back to your life.”
Gotta let it go
Don’t wanna keep all these inside
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Bottling up emotions is something I am not good at. A few times I have tried so hard to bottle up how I feel, so I don’t get to cry while explaining it to the next person, but at the latter end, it gets difficult for me as I just have to let it go.
So with Thuy’s song, I was able to understand that crying is never wrong. If crying makes you feel good and, it makes you feel better, then IT’S OKAY TO CRY.
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