12-12-2011, 07:35 PM
The word "normal" is a Statistics term that means the big crowd in the bulge of the bell-shaped curve. In that regard, a man crying is not normal. What you want to know is whether it's healthy. I strongly believe that not only is it very healthy, but doing it is an excellent way to get closer to good health, both physically and mentally.
In most cases with men, openly weeping can be a breakthrough of something suppressed within. That something might be huge or just long-hidden, and working it out removes it from a virtual do list. If you are nervous whether it might happen again at an embarrassing moment, try forcing it when with a trusted friend.
Method actors drag up a painful memory to cry when the part requires it. They don't cry as their character, they just cry from within and recite their lines. So if you weep at a "bad" time, be ready to excuse it as a technique you are working on for a play, if that might fit, or because somebody (a shrink?) suggested that it's "supposed to remove blockages, whatever that means."
In most cases with men, openly weeping can be a breakthrough of something suppressed within. That something might be huge or just long-hidden, and working it out removes it from a virtual do list. If you are nervous whether it might happen again at an embarrassing moment, try forcing it when with a trusted friend.
Method actors drag up a painful memory to cry when the part requires it. They don't cry as their character, they just cry from within and recite their lines. So if you weep at a "bad" time, be ready to excuse it as a technique you are working on for a play, if that might fit, or because somebody (a shrink?) suggested that it's "supposed to remove blockages, whatever that means."
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