https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:02:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886704 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:00:53 +0000 Mommy Finger 2886704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all for your suggestions! I got a good venting session in today with my work bestie and that seemed to help. Also, it was more impromptu than I would have wanted but I was able to talk to my boss today over the phone vs in person so I was better able to hide. :) But I have a feeling that I'll have more conversations like this in the very near future so I'll have to put everything into practice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886676 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:43:59 +0000 agold 2886676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a crier too! I cried for half a decade at work before I developed a thick skin. Before approaching a conversation like this, try to imagine the worst possible outcome and prepare yourself for how you will handle that. That worst possible outcome likely will not happen, so then be okay with what kind of a response you do receive. If you are prepared, then there will likely be less crying. Good luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886668 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:05:21 +0000 SweetCaroline 2886668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only suggestion I have is to press your tongue really hard into the roof of your mouth until the urge to cry passes.</p> <p>That doesn't address much other than the immediate need to recover from the episode. I'm similar and only since having a kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886635 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 13:00:45 +0000 RonjaL7 2886635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Look up at the ceiling and blink a bunch of times if you think you might start crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886632 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:59:24 +0000 graceandjoy 2886632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No suggestions, just want you to know you're not along! I've cried at work too and hated it every time. I think I mostly cried at my first job and I was young (early 20s) and my boss(es) were nice about it. I've WANTED to cry at my job now several times and usually try super hard to at least make it to the bathroom or my car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886629 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:43:46 +0000 jennlin821 2886629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Write down what you want to say, then practice saying it out loud. Practice till you know where your ‘crying spots’ would be and then take a deep breath.<br /> When you go to have the conversation, bring a notepad with your speech written down and Bullet points as references for follow up answers. </p> <p>This way you are prepared, and therefore less likely to get emotional. Additionally the notepad gives you something to glance at, if you need a minute to compose yourself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886626 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:40:55 +0000 lindseykaye 2886626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi! Fellow cryer. I have cried a handful of times at work and I HATE it, even though I know in my head it's a perfectly normal physiological response to stress and emotion. I'd much rather be a cryer than a yeller... but at work it is hard.</p> <p>In tough situations like this it has helped me to do the following:<br /> 1) Really practice what you're going to say. Write it out, read it out loud in a mirror to yourself. Multiple times. Try to anticipate the responses you might get (lots of different ones) and how you would respond back. Do that in the mirror too even though it feels really silly. </p> <p>2) Do the above but with your spouse or a trusted friend. Sometimes it can be good for me to get through it with someone who I feel like I can cry in front of if that happens. Often it does, because doing this makes me feel very vulnerable, but crying with them has helped prevent me from crying with my boss or coworker. It's like the dress rehearsal and once I've gotten the tears out with someone they are less likely to reappear in the actual situation.</p> <p>3) If you think it might help, when it comes time to actually have this conversation, start with a simple preface that you may tear up or cry. You can simply say that you have strong emotions because you &lt;insert positive spin&gt; something like valuing the work of the company, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/showing-emotion-in-the-office#post-2886608 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:49:27 +0000 Mommy Finger 2886608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little about me.....I'm a cryer. Pretty much everything makes me tear up. When I'm mad, frustrated, sad, etc. However, I tend to hide it somewhat well and usually project a tough exterior. I'm not saying any of this is right, it's just the way I've grown up......crying = weakness to me even though I would never think that about anyone else. I'm just lot harder on myself. </p> <p>My situation at work has been extremely frustrating lately as there has been a lot of change happening due to a large acquisition and I feel like I"m getting taken advantage of. I"m not ok with this and intend on making this known. However, I'm nervous about how to keep my emotions in check. Unfortunately, I feel like I do work in an "old boys club" type of environment. Any suggestions? </p>