@hakablue
I have depression, anxiety, PTSD plus many health issues. I dealt with abuse/neglect as a child/teen plus parent abandonment. Trust issues and fear have been with me all my life.

I am probably one of the most empathetic and altruistic people you will meet. I love people and animals and feel pain when they suffer.

There are times I seem to not be able to cry when I am sad or hurt. I think I shut down my emotions for myself and masked painful feelings while growing up to survive and it is hard for me to connect to my own feeling for myself. I can easily cry for the pain of others but not for myself.

If you have numbed yourself to survive past pain, you need to tap into your past to feel what you did not feel when you needed to. I need to allow myself to feel my emotions freely and grieve my past to move forward.

I am in my mid 50s and continuously learning about myself each day.

1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-doctor-is-out-and-about/202209/6-reasons-why-some-people-cant-cry
2. https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/why-cant-i-cry
3. https://www.verywellmind.com/reasons-why-you-aren-t-crying-5324069
4. https://psychcentral.com/health/why-cant-i-cry
5. https://www.psychvarsity.com/why-can-t-i-cry-psychology-behind-emotional-numbness-and-suppressed-feelings
6. https://www.wellandgood.com/health/why-you-struggle-cry