I think I cry probably once a day.. lol. I cry easily, I'm an emotional wreck really. Like today I cried watching a movie. Not exactly out of sadness, but some people are ashamed, not of the feelings of being sad as everyone gets those, but as the act of crying and letting people see that part of them. It is a very vulnerable possition to be in so naturally people tend to be defensive when they're in the act of crying.
But really, bring on the tears... holding in sadness and pushing that away leads to being depressed or melancholy. Depressed people don't have a way to express their worries, thoughts, saddness and are scared or ashamed to get that feeling out of their system. Repressed feelings always lead to larger problems later and people need to deal with what makes them sad or anything else. So no one should be afraid to be sad welcome it just like all the rest of the emotions that we embrace sadnessed should be one as well.
Now with writing, I tend to stay away from a lasting sadness or depression with my characters or within my stories. Some may end tragic, but so far none of them deal with those emotions or circumstances. I'm not an emotional thrill-ride writer really or I don't think I am... I just shove my characters into realistic surroundings.. lol.
Krista