This happened to me for the first time today, and I’m almost 30 years old. I consider myself pretty even keel, not too high or low emotionally on the surface. I will say I have dealt with some mental health issues in the past though. (Still working on it). I have found exercise to be a healthy coping mechanism. As mentioned in the first line, I did cry today after a very heavy lift. I actually intentionally pushed myself harder today more than usual (dropping an extra 2-5 reps per workout). I started to notice the more I was exerting I couldn’t stop the overwhelming feeling of my eyes watering. It was almost like holding some pent up stress that was PHYSICALLY trying to leave my body. It was weird, but truly I embraced it, I felt it pushed me harder. Eventually this lead to like sobbing in between sets mixed with heavy breathing/breath control. Again I want to emphasize it didn’t feel like a sad feeling. Hard to explain. Truthfully, just want to see if this is normal or if there’s science behind this. submitted by /u/Patient-Advisor-2352
Originally posted by u/Patient-Advisor-2352 on r/AskMen
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