just breaking down and crying by yourself helps get your feelings out, but sometimes it takes crying in front of/with your friends for it to actually feel real and make you feel better, amirite?

yeah, but I have a tendency to not cry until something happens around me and I can't hold it in anymore. So I end up crying uncontrollably over something stupid and feeling like an idiot afterward. and I still feel depressed about the actual reason I was sad in the first place... :(

I actually hate crying in front of anybody though. Only one of my friends has ever seen me cry, my dad hasn't seen me cry in a long time and my step dad has only seen me cry once. I do most of my crying alone in my room and if I do cry in front of somebody I feel really stupid, even if I had a good reason for crying.