Crying is a natural response to sadness, happiness, or overwhelm. But some of us can’t deny we cry more easily than those around us. That’s me — as a kid, I remember holding back tears at school, summer camp, sleepovers, and anywhere else with a lot of stimuli. Even though other kids would sometimes cry too, I couldn’t ignore the fact that they didn’t cry nearly as much as me. 

As an adult, I’m the same. I cry often when I’m feeling (even a little bit) stressed or overwhelmed, when I’m in physical pain, when I listen to a beautiful song, or when my friends are sad. Or, as just happened yesterday, I may find myself ugly crying in a Starbucks while watching a video about an abandoned dog who was rescued.