Crying is a very natural human emotion. Sometimes we all experience it. Even so, it would be a different story if you cried at school. It can feel embarrassing. Luckily, there are a few tips and tricks that can help you hide your crying at school if you're sad but don't want anyone to know about it. However, if someone is bullying you at school and that's the reason you're trying to hide your tears, you should report it to your teacher or school counselor. You can't just smile and hold it in; no one has the right to treat you badly.
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Method 1 of 4: Stop Crying
Step 1. Distract
If you haven't started crying yet but feel like you're about to cry, try to distract yourself from sad thoughts. Play a game on your phone or try to make jokes with friends, or try to get serious about reading a math book or listening carefully to what the teacher has to say.
Step 2. Make some distance
If you feel like you can't cope with your feelings and feel like you're about to cry, try creating some distance between yourself and your thoughts.
To gain some distance, try to imagine yourself as an outsider looking at a situation that makes you sad. You can also try referring to yourself in the third person when thinking about the situation at hand
Step 3. Realize
If you're sad about something that isn't relevant to the present moment (such as something that happened in the past or will happen in the future), try to focus on the present.
To be aware, pay full attention to your bodily sensations, all the information that enters through your senses, and your thoughts about those perceptions and sensations
Step 4. Smile
You may be able to improve your mood by smiling, even if you don't like it. This is called the facial feedback hypothesis, which states that the relationship between emotions and faces is two-way: although we usually smile when we are happy, there is evidence that smiling can make us feel happier or at least help reduce sadness.
If you're holding a pencil, try pinching it between your lips and biting it with your teeth. Your cheeks will rise and make it easier for you to smile
Step 5. Change your thinking
Try changing your mood by thinking of something really funny or that makes you really happy. You can also think about things that make you sad in other ways.
- For example, you can try to think of a funny thing you saw on the internet or a good thing your boyfriend did for you.
- To think differently about what makes you sad, consider this way. For example, you are sad because you received a bad score on a test, and you are sad because you think that means you are not smart. Try to think that your bad grades are a challenge that you can beat on the next exam by studying harder.
Step 6. Seek social support
If you can, find a friend or someone you can trust and tell them what's bothering you. This can help ease your sadness and help you stop crying at school.
Method 2 of 4: Making excuses
Step 1. Say your eyes are plugged in
You could try to say that once in a while you are careless and accidentally poke your eye and cause it to water. Perhaps most people have done this. So, this reason can be very likely to be believed.
Step 2. Say you have a bad allergy
There are allergies that cause tears to come out and the face or eyes to swell. You may say that you have allergies that sometimes cause these symptoms. To be more convincing, try to continue by telling what it's like to live with such allergies.
For example, to keep the conversation light, you can say how annoying it is that you have an allergy that makes you look like mackerel
Step 3. Say you have a fever
Sometimes, when we are sick, our eyes water. You can say that you have a fever that sometimes makes your eyes water.
Step 4. Say you are sensitive to changes in the air
You could try saying that your eyes are dry and then watery and sensitive to gusts of water or sudden changes in temperature.
Step 5. Say you are twinkle
It may be due to dust, insects, or wiper residue; Whatever you end up saying, first look for something in your environment that makes sense to land on your eyes and could be the cause of your crying.
- Remember that whatever you do, don't lie and say that something dangerous has entered your eye, such as a chemical. If you do this, the teacher will take you to the nurse immediately, which will be a waste of everyone's time.
- You will also make people worry that it is useless and may have to tell you the truth that you lied. You could get in trouble because of your actions.
Step 6. Say you just laughed hysterically before
Sometimes we laugh so hard that we burst into tears. If you want to hide your crying because you don't want anyone to know your crying or your sadness, and they weren't there a minute or two before, you can say that you just laughed at something really funny.
Tell a joke you know or a funny situation you've been in to make it seem more convincing. Who knows, keeping this funny situation in mind, you might just have fun
Step 7. Say your eyes water when you yawn
Pretend to yawn by opening your mouth wide and breathing deeply. I rub my eyes and if someone asks, say that your eyes sometimes water when you yawn.
Step 8. Say you are sleep deprived
True or not, some people think that our eyes water when we don't get enough sleep. If you want to hide your crying from someone asking you questions, say that you stayed up late doing your homework or some other sensible thing you might have done the night before.
Method 3 of 4: Hiding the Cry
Step 1. Rest your head on your arms
If you're sitting at a table, keep your head between your arms so no one can see your eyes. Say you're tired or your head hurts and you need a break. Let out a few tears while pretending you're resting.
Do this only if the teacher is not angry; he might call you and draw the attention of the whole class towards you
Step 2. Avoid chat
Sometimes our voices tremble when we are sad, which will make us cry. Try to avoid talking when you are sad.
If it's impossible for you to avoid talking, try speaking in a lower voice than usual and speaking more forcefully. Because you're sad, you may sound more normal even if you think you're speaking extra loudly and heavily
Step 3. Wipe your eyes
Find an excuse to slouch, such as dropping a pencil or pulling something out of a backpack, and wiping your eyes with a t-shirt or tissue if you have one.
Step 4. Take a tissue and 'blow your nose'
If you don't have one but can get one, get a tissue. You can pretend to snort, but before doing so, carefully wipe the tears from your eyes.
Try to look away from the other person when you pretend to snort; they'll probably think you're just being polite by not snorting at them
Step 5. Pretend to take something out of the eye
Make it look as if you are picking up an eyelash or other object in your eye by continuously blinking or pulling on your eyelid. While doing this, quietly wipe away any tears that other people might see.
Step 6. Pretend you have to sneeze
Blow out a fake sneeze as best you can into your hand, or the inside of your elbow and wipe away the tears that way. If someone sees the remaining tear and questions it, you can jokingly say that you sneeze so hard that you burst into tears.
If you know you tend to cry, carry a tissue in your bag just in case you need it. Or, if you don't have a bag, put a tissue in your pocket
Method 4 of 4: Escape from the Situation
Step 1. Ask permission
If you're in class and feel like you're about to cry, ask permission to go to the bathroom. You will most likely be alone in the bathroom during class hours.
If you are having lunch or taking a break, stay away from other people. Try asking permission by saying something about how you need to clear your mind or how you want to run alone
Step 2. Minimize your chances of being heard
After you get into the bathroom, go into one of the cubicles so you can be alone. If you're worried about your crying sound, try turning on the faucet or flushing the toilet when you feel the need to really cry to make it less likely for people to hear you.
If you're having lunch or taking a break, staying away from other people will make you less likely to be heard or seen crying
Step 3. Remove everything
Once you're alone in the bathroom or you've flushed the toilet so no one can hear you, cry until you can't cry anymore. Once you've shed all the tears, take a moment to recuperate.
If you're having lunch or taking a break, look around and make sure no one is too close, then get them all out
Step 4. Wait until your face recovers
After crying, your face may look red or swollen. Before you return to the classroom, wait a few minutes for the evidence of your crying to disappear.
- If you can do it without being seen, try speeding up the process by washing your face with cold water.
- If your face is still red and/or swollen when you return to the classroom, try putting your hands in front of your face and scratching your head as you walk and return to your seat. This way you will cover most of the face and it will just look as if you are itching.
- When you enter the classroom, you can also fake a yawn, which will pucker your face and help hide that you've been crying. You can try this step alone or combine it with scratching your head.
- To wait for lunch or take a break, do as much as possible to stay away from classmates.
Step 5. Block other people's eyes from your face
If you're sitting on the far left or right side of the classroom, you can continue to hide your puffy face or extra crying by resting your hands on your face in a way that will help block out other people's views of you.
- If sitting on the far left side of the classroom, you can rest your right hand against your face, or if sitting on the far right, rest your left leg.
- Be careful not to look like you're asleep while doing this. Otherwise, the teacher may call you out and give you unwanted attention.
Tips
- If you can't stop crying, you can ask a friend to turn everyone's attention away from you while you dry your tears.
- Prepare tissues!
- Look down and use gravity to quickly get rid of the cry.
- If you have long hair and you feel like crying, lower your head, cover your face with your hair, and hold your arms until you calm down. If you're having trouble calming yourself down, take a deep breath and think about something different.
- The best place to cry at school is in the bathroom cubicle. Cry quietly there and no one will hear you.
- Think about funny things, or days when you felt very happy. This step will help you stop crying until you can go to the bathroom.
- Sometimes you just have to get it out. So, just do it! No one will scold you for being sad. This is human.
- If all else fails, wear sunglasses! These glasses will hide the fact you are crying.
Warning
- Sometimes we cry because this is a way of communicating to others that we need help. Consider the possibility that hiding your crying might not be the best option. Think of social support from a teacher or friend to address the cause of your sadness.
- Holding back your emotions can sometimes have negative consequences for your health. So consider letting your feelings out when you feel comfortable doing it.
