It’s Okay to Cry: Why Some of Us Struggle with Tears, and How to Reconnect

It’s very common for the people I work with to apologise for their crying or to say something like ‘I don’t usually cry like this’, as if in apology. The most important thing I’d like to say is that there is never any need to apologise for crying. Crying is natural and can help to soothe or release heavy or sad things that we hold. In my therapy space crying is always understandable and welcomed, whether those tears are sad, happy or angry. The same goes for any emotion.