I’ll be 41 in February and all my life I’ve been a pretty emotionally stoic person. Like I remember watching 9/11 and not having any type of reaction. Or my mom died and no reaction or the wife will be super worried about a stressful situation that we’re in and I’ll just be sitting there cool as a cucumber. (As a few examples there’s plenty more)
But over the past year or so I’ve found myself all of a sudden getting a little teary listening to songs that I’ve heard for years but finally actually listening to them or (no spoilers) getting a little worked up over the Stranger things finale, watching my oldest play in the marching band ect.
I’m sure that I’ve grown up with a little “boys don’t cry” mentality and a little dose of trauma.
For me it’s just a weird feeling to all of sudden be feeling this way
Has anyone gone through this ?
*edit. I’m not embarrassed by this happening and I’m trying to not stick with boys don’t cry. I just can’t pull over every time “Black” by Pearl Jam comes on the radio