I haven't cried in years, but I do remember my chest hurting if I was really crying hard for a extended period of time (10 - 15 minutes). Didn't happen often, but a couple of times.

Good grief NO. Avoid crying at all costs. Nose plugged up is almost death.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member I haven't cried for YEARS, but I can see where it could make your chest hurt. You are taking deeper or more breaths and if your lungs aren't used to that much stress, they would probably get sore. Never thought about it really so that was a good question.

Always even before being diagnosed with this disease

And I haven't been able to cry - quite weird. When my youngest son died in the car crash I wanted to cry but couldn't. I thought it might have been/be due to my cataract surgery about 3 years ago. I've only had tears once since then and it did it on it's own. Lasted about two minutes, good flow, then stopped. Life is strange at times!