crying spells-from depression or AS meltdowns?

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I cry easily. I hate it. But usually it is from someone tallking too fast and loud and expecting me to process it as well as at the same time do what they are telling me.

But I also cry easily from frustration.

What do you think? Are they all types of meltdowns or just some of them?

I cry from depression and rejection. I tell myself off alot but as soon as I feel like someone else is doing it, it just shatters me. Rejection can be anything from relationships to friendships, to a "you suck" communication. I have a little more skin for banter than I used to, finally knowing what it actually is, and maybe being able to partake but that used to hurt like a thrashing.

Like MrFish... I would cry over rejection and also I would get depressed and that would make me cry.... But normally I would keep it right in until the last minute, then I would end up letting it all out or have a meltdown.

Yes. In fact I just got over one a few minnutes ago because of some mean people on another message board. I asked a simple question and they jumped all over me with quotes from some of my other posts saying I can't get into vet school and if I was I would be a horrible vet and they wouldn't definatly not take their pets to see me. I don't to go into private practice anyway and when one person learned I want to be a zoo vet and possibly have wild animal santuary in the future she said that is scary. I said that if I eventualy got to know the other people working with me and they got used to my "quirks" I would be okay. They said that in an emergency there is no time to have quirks. I meant quirks like not making eye contact and not being able to make small talk. Well guess what, almost every person that was sucessful in a science related feild had quirks like that. I could probably do a better job than any of the others put together because I don't have have emotion in a crisis and so I am rational and can do a better job than someone who let emotion flood their rationality. Some people are so ignorant.

Punky: People get in the way of success. They're no use to anyone. You can be a perfectly good vet without human interraction. Infact you could probably be a good vet because you can ignore/blank their stories of fluffles climbing the curtains and deal with the broken leg from the return journey to the floor. Take facts, apply facts, success.

I can relate to crying. I was upset over not getting an online job I thought was a shoe in,and then started crying and dad said he didn't want to hear it. I went and squalled into a pillow. I get VERY emotional at times and it seems the only one that understands it is me. I don't want to be an emotional wreck my whole life and WOULD like to find happiness somehow!! !! I'm thinking I rather have debt than depression and SCREW student loans DAMN it just CHARGE it! I get some SSDI so pay minimum payment SHEESH!! ! I'll look into financial aid for the millionth time since I hear the cut off is 24 (I'll be 24 March) (b4 then it's based on parent income) So we'll see how that goes. I know the next vacation I take I want it to be a happy one!! !! NOT be thanking of the school issue 24/7 unable to let go and truly have fun.

I've shed a couple tears over rejection, but usually I cry when I think about my life.

I cry when I feel rejected. I also cry when my feelings are hurt. I also cry when people keep asking me about someone I miss, whether they're a loved one or my dog. I also cry when someone raises their voice at me. I'd never do that to anybody, because I don't want to inflict the same pain on others.

Music in films makes my eyes well up. This one I can not seem to prevent, merely hide it. I mean, music, I love music but damn you inconvenient truths!

So it sounds like most of you cry for more emotional reasons (rejection,etc) than from being overwhelmed with stimuli (which can be the cause of meltdowns). I cry from things like the intensity of looking at people, the expectation society has that we do that, people talking too fast and too loud and being unable to process what they are saying while at the same time doing what they say. More like things that cause meltdowns.

I have hysterical crying jags (meltdowns?), complete with screaming, curling up in the fetal position, hitting inanimate objects and sometimes my own head, biting my fingers (not hard), and other inanimate objects. These are generally caused by being exhausted, overwhelmed with stress, not having time to decompress and mentally "recharge," too many schedule disruptions, etc, etc, etc... Recently, there have been an inordinate number of demands on my time and energy. I've been under a lot of pressure, and it's affecting my sleep. Thus, I've been having a LOT of meltdowns. I had a small scale one Saturday, a massive one yesterday, and another massive one this evening. At least I very seldom meltdown in public anymore, and the rare ones I do have in public (on the Subway when it's moving too slowly) are generally quite mild. Of course, having massive meltdowns in my apartment isn't ideal, as the walls in my building are thick. I can only imagine what the neighbors must think.
I think a big part of what does it for me is trying to deal with too much information faster than my brain is equipped to process. Incidentally, I seem to be much more sensitive to sensory stimuli such as noises when I'm in or close to a meltdown. In those states, any sudden unexpected sound can be painful.

I spent quite a lot of time over Friday crying over frustration. I was trying to find a library at an unfamiliar university. I got so turned around, it took me a long time to find it, then once I got there I couldn't get the items I needed easily. I ended up going home empty-handed and then returning a couple of days later when I was better prepared. I feel incredibly silly now, but it was all just frustration.

i only cry when i have reached my peak of frustration. which i suppose is meltdown style?? and it feels more like i am sweating profusely out of my eyes rather than crying.

School report from the early days of a probably affiliated person in my ingroup:

X X does not play well with other children and when forced to do so cries.