Does anyone else have random bouts of crying? Sometimes the

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does anyone else have random bouts of crying? Sometimes the stress of everything gets to me. More so lately than before. My symptoms have gotten worse and I'm always so exhausted. I feel like half the person I used to be. I feel like there's no one to really turn to because they just say I have to be positive. You can only be positive so much when it feels like everything is falling apart and nobody can help.

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Yup, had one of those last night. I cried for quite a while. Not in relation to lupus but something else. I felt better afterwards.

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I have them. Something usually sets it off like a song (not always a sad, slow one) , a stressful event, a small accident my kids make. I spiral so fast into sobbing mess its embarrassing.
Ive lost friends because i was sick of being told to just "be positive ". I can be positive through every agonizing second of a flare...and it still beats me down.
That's why i came here :)

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Yes! For me it's usually stress. Being so extremely tired and having so much to do sets me off. Or just thinking of how much I have to adjust my life now or feeling guilty for having to rest and not do as much as I used to before. I get myself into a weepy mess in a flash. and if someone tells me to be positive one more time I just might scream.

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I get those a lot don't know if it's the Lupus or my panic and anxiety. I just cry so hard and feel so sad then afterwards feel exhausted.

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Yes, it feels like a mix of everything. I have also been getting really depressed on and off these past few months as flares and stress and just an increase/progression of symptoms have happened. I end up feeling just slightly more relieved to cry and get it all out of my system but then I'm also very exhausted afterwards too. Just want to curl up in a ball and sleep for days.

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What's you absolute favorite thing to do to bring yourself out of a crying spell? What does it for you?

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@ILLmommy
You know what, I’m really not sure. I usually just cry it out for as long as I can sneak away for then tell myself to suck it up because I have too much to do like homework and a 4yr old to care for. Then I try to just think about other stuff and focus on what I need to do. It takes a lot of me telling myself “ok, you can do this, can’t give up”. What about you?