uncontrollable crying

I`m a 21 female with dreams of getting into collage but this happends to me everytime I try to do math. I get stuck on a problem and it`s over. I have to walk away for a little while and cry it out, take a few breaths but almost as soon as I come back to it, it starts all over again. Thoughts like " Your too old not to know this sutff" and "You should have stayed in school, why did you leave" start running through my mind. I fight the negtive thoughts off the best I can but I still need some work and some postive people around me. My bf wants to help but I feel so lame for crying and him being there only makes me want to cry more because he sees how far behind I am on it and it brings me down.

My dad used to take me to a coffee shop and try to help me when I was very little but when I got it wrong he would be so harsh I would cry uncontrollably, to the point I would have a hard time breathing. I hate to blame my dad for this but I can`t think of anyother reason why I do this and why I feel so stupid for not knowing basic math.

It's relieving to see this thread - I've experienced this for as long as I can remember.  

I cry over everything...movies, books, commercials, when my kids do well, when they do poorly, talent shows, sporting events, band concerts, not being able to orgasm, having really outstanding orgasms, Christmas...

It's emotionally exhausting and I've asked my doctor if they can give my something, anything, to curtail it.  They just told me I was "blessed" to feel things so deeply.  It certainly doesn't feel like a blessing though.  It's terribly embarrassing and I'd rather be completely numb than to do this all the time. 

Thank you you for helping me not feel quite so alone 

I have you still been having this issue? I have been having this problem since a child as well, getting overly emotional about the simplest thing someone would do to me that the typical person would brush off.. Now as an adult, I find battling this is more challenging because I come across people at work that aren't so pleasant and its hard for me to control my emotions when in a tough situation (settling a not so great conversation that just happened, or explaining myself to my boss while he being rude and talking over me interrupting me.) I get so choked up in emotions that I cant even bring myself to speak my words because if I do Ill end up crying a river.

Are you still having problems and how is seeing the Dr helping.I was searching for answers but only saw post from women until i saw yours,I am 49 yr old male with same issues and need answers.

I have this same issue; I was a union rep and while handling grievences I would start crying, not in the sobbing kind of way but tears would start streaming down my face. The harder I try to stop the more that my voice would change, very deep and choked up. I have had this since I was 15, I am now 53. My husband of 27 years said to me today that I was being a dramatic over a financial issue. I am TIRED  of this crying stuff!!! 

Be easy on yourself you are psyching yourself out. Your brain won't perform well under such stress so don't blame yourself educating myself on PTSD has helped me with crying attacks-which use to last for hours literally until I passed out exhausted.

I'm a 39yr old male, always been overly emotional to the point of crying fits as long as I remember any conflict or awkwardness would set me off, or the same with beautiful things I see. Only recently has it really come to a head and I could be painting a wall, sweeping a floor and just collapse in a heap. 4-5 times a day. Just end up sitting where I am weeping uncontrollably. Don't really want to take drugs for it. Haven't saught any help yet. Just googled it and ended up here.
I knew I didn't fit it the bipolar category, and its not just depression. It's like very overly emotional across the board.
So I'm glad I'm not the only one, but I'm no closer to a solution. :9

Yeah same, 39yr male here. Only seem to see women here, but there are a few men that suffer too.

God damn. Not want I wanted to read.

I have a relative with what seems to be uncontrollable fits of crying, and I mean screaming, and sometimes letting logic just go out the window. These episodes can go on for 15 minutes to an hour, and yet it seems to me she's unable to stop, even when she wants too. Turns out, after having some scans done, there was a micro-tumor in her brain, very-very small, which is causing hormonal imbalances. She started medication young, but over time, we felt like it wasn't enough as she got older. I'm sad too see her go through her episodes, and there is only so much that I can do. It seems now that with stress in school and at home, these fits seemed to have increased dramatically, and there isn't much in terms of solutions.

My brother suffers from a similar complaint. He feels a build up of tension coming up in his head before it comes on, including feeling heat in his head followed by uncontrollable crying which seems to be a fit of crying and as you say 'won't stop until its ready to'.....

I get exactly the same!!

I have crying episodes very often. But just today I cried as though the world is going to end.. Some of my friends had been mean to me last week and today my dad who lives in another country said he was not very well. All these feelings compounded and I cried inconsolably for 3-4 hours.. i didn't eat lunch and didn't even feel hungry.. Should I see a doctor? I feel terrible at times.. This is worse that having a physical ailment or a migraine.

Gosh honey I have walked out of several jobs doing this. Take deep breaths.. Try to walk around the building.. Have your future boss be COMPLETELY transparent with your job responsibilities. I am about to do it now, but guess what? I am not going to let someone ELSE take what I love from me.
Blessings to you sweetheart