User blog comment:AustinCarter4Ever/I Need Some Advice/@comment-3060206-20150923064521

The best thing to do when you feel like crying is to not resist. Find a place, perhaps away from the computer/Hangouts, and just cry. The more you resist, the more it builds up, and the worse it gets. And we all have off days where our emotions get out of whack; it's completely normal.

Secondly, when you do get over a "crying" period, take a moment to reassess the situation and reasons as to "why" you are upset. During the gameathon, the issue seemed to stem from you apparently not being heard, and that everyone was ignoring you. Were you talking with the mic and no one was responding to your comments? If that was the case, try checking to see if your mic accidentally got muted during the gameathon. (This is quite a common occurrence and some participants end up having muted mics without even knowing it.) If there's an indication that the mic is on, try communicating to the other users in the sidebar chat and see if they can hear you. (Mind you, if it's in the middle of a race, people are less likely to stop to check on the chat.)

Also think about factors such as the timing: if you make a comment while everyone is playing the game, most people will be too focused on trying to win to the point that miscellaneous comments could be ignored. This is not necessarily a fault of anyone; while the point of the gameathon is to have fun there's also a competitive drive in many of the participants willing to give their all to be the best. They may shut out most comments made so that they can concentrate.

If you really want to be more involved in a conversation, initiate a topic. "How did you find the game we just played?" at the end of a forty minute cap or something. I can't give a definite reason as to why you cry; only you can find that out for yourself. I'm a total crybaby myself, but sometimes I feel that it's because I interpret situations incorrectly to an extreme.

The last thing to keep in mind is that the whole crying/ignoring situation is not your fault, nor is it necessarily anyone else's fault. For all we know, it could have been a huge misunderstanding on everyone's part. If you thrust yourself into a "it's my fault" loop, it just worsens the situation for yourself and confuses everyone else. Try to put your thoughts on something else, maybe something that gives you great joy.

hurrrgh i wrote too much oops :P