For as long as I can remember, sad music has made me inconsolably upset. Crying, panicking, all of that. My whole childhood I cried over one song. 

Fast forward 24 years, I date a musician and he tends to like the music that would normally trigger me. I am usually fine, but one song last night really got me upset. I cried at his house, and when I got home I cried until I went to bed, over a damn song. 

It’s embarassing, I’m tired of it, and I’m tired of how upset music makes me sometimes. My boyfriend and I are moving in together, and I can’t be a blubbery mess every time he puts certain songs on. He is willing to compromise (playing his music personally I guess). I feel so silly crying over songs, but I really can’t help it. Even just the thought of some songs make me wail. It’s debilitating. 

Anyone else experience the same? How have you improved? Should I just expose myself to the triggering music until it doesn’t bother me?