in the marginalized genders channel at work we had a convo about "struggling not to cry during tense meetings or 1:1s." it turns out many folks do this, including me! it's involuntary & doesn't mean i'm sad, but i find the need to stifle it bc crying at work is so stigmatized.

i began to wonder how widely prevalent this is. it seems like a thing that's rarely discussed, especially in tech. but i would wager that actually, a lot of folks have either cried at work or struggled not to cry and then gone somewhere private to do it. it's normal! it's human!