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I cannot stop crying. Any help?

I feel like I'm just dealing with things that have happened in the past 18 months.

1. Child leaving home for university

2. Husband leaving, mid-life crisis

3. Moving house

4. Having to get rid of my pet due to moving house

5. Not caring at all about work

6. Mother died 2 months ago

7. Husband wants me back

I've been crying off and on, mostly on, for 6 hours.

My eyes are almost swollen shut.

What can I do to stop crying, at least for a bit?

Update:

More details:

I am seeing a thearpist, and he helps a lot.

I am also on anti-depressants. Recently upped the dose on dr. recommendation.

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  • Sophie
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It sounds like you have good reaosn to cry. Just let yourself cry, eventually you will fall asleep.

  • 1 decade ago

    You have an awful lot to deal with at the moment. But don't under-estimate what you've been through, especially moving house, your husband leaving, mother dying and your child leaving. It seems to have been one crisis after another, no wonder you don't care about work. You have to address your emotional hell first before work will even register on your radar.

    Your tears are helping you to cope at this time. They will stop, believe me, but not for a while yet. You could help yourself by talking regularly with a friend or counsellor. Only constantly talking about your feelings and what happened will bring some closure and help you to deal with such tremendous pain and loss. My heart goes out to you, and you do sound a resilient woman, but don't try to deal with this all by yourself. Try to get some kind of counselling or advice, if you can, so that you can gradually form a new perspective about how you cope from here.

    As to your husband wanting you back, don't go there until everything else is sorted for you, and you feel much stronger and better. Then you will either have him back or let him out for good, but on YOUR terms, not his. You are pretty fragile just now, allow yourself to cope with things slowly because there are tons you would need to sort in yourself first before even considering the needs of someone else. Otherwise, he would return then leave again not long after.

    Source(s): http://www.confidence-guide.com/ (What is Confidence?/How Confidence is Lost?/Confidence Tools) http://www.elainesden.org/ (Cheating and Betrayal/Why Relationships Fail/Improving Relationships)
  • 1 decade ago

    I had something very similar happen to me. Feels like someone jerked the rug out from under you and life is so unfair, and all the selfless hard work you did till now to build a family was wasted. You are not alone. I cried for a whole week with the cover over my head. I was menopausal too. I was ANGRY and sad too. I couldn't make sense of anything. Hubby was a pothead and went through$145,000, oldest son going into police force told me he was gay, Daughter ran away with a drug dealer. I just wasn't having any fun at all. I resolved things but it took some time. I was doing kooky stuff like mountain climbing and hanging off 300 ft cliffs by the roots of trees and laughing my head off, didn't care if I died. Lucky for me I went to a good Doctor, got the right medications, life started looking better immediately, lost 180 lbs of dead weight when I divorce the pothead, learned that gay people were wonderful and it opened up a new world for me. Daughter left the drug dealer, and now gave me a beautiful grandson. But the best part, I met someone on line 5 years later, a Scotsman, think Billy Connolly, who makes me laugh. I would rather die laughing than die crying. I just went to the wedding of my youngest son and the X was there and we are friends put his problems are not mine anymore, I am too busy living the good life at 60 years old. love ya sweetheart. life is too short and sweet to suck lemons...#1,go to the doctor

  • 1 decade ago

    Firstly accept you have every right to cry after everything that has happened to you, it sounds like a living nightmare, secondly go out with a good friend who will support you and do something fun, thirdly keep it clear in your head how much your husband has hurt you, and how much that has affected you emotionally before you even consider taking him back. Be careful, you are in the middle of grieving for your mum, I lost mine 5 years ago, I know how long it takes to get over that loss, be kind to yourself and don't do anything rash x

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Sorry for the loss, i know that it sucks to seeing mothers cry, yet basically be there for her, attend to her desires, and thats all you're able to do. only she would be able to correctly known a thank you to shield a loss. she would be able to thank you interior the destiny for being there for her. enable her cry, this is going to help her ease her discomfort. each and every each and every so often is extra perfect to set loose all those feeling in tears than in anger.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's a lot to cope with in a few months time. I'd be crying too. Get some therapy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    just think **** it!

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