Mine was from my mother: “Never cry for a man. He’ll never cry for you.”

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s a relief valve. Sometimes when I find myself overwhelmed and feel like I want to collapse, I’ll go watch a bunch of emotional videos to make myself bawl for an hour or two. It’s extremely cathartic, and I usually feel a lot better afterwards.

    My go-to videos are Thai commercials on YouTube. Short, super heart-wrenching, and unimportant enough that I don’t feel bad afterwards like if I watched a sad movie like Schindler’s List or Grave of the Fireflies.