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This article explores the author’s personal experience with an extended inability to cry, tracing its onset to a combination of bipolar disorder, medication side effects—particularly from the antidepressant Pristiq—and emotional trauma. It details her therapeutic journey involving medication adjustments, alternative healing practices, and eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, which aims to process traumatic memories and restore emotional expression. The author reflects on the medical and psychological significance of crying as a cathartic release and the challenges of reclaiming this ability amid mental illness. Ultimately, she acknowledges that while tears have not yet returned, ongoing treatment and self-understanding may eventually allow her to reconnect with this form of emotional vulnerability. [Extracted from the article] |