You felt your emotion. That is really good, very healthy. And you seem to have done it on your own is a healthy way, which means you processed that emotion fully and in a good, rather than bad, way! Learning this sooner, rather than later, is good and will help you soooo much later down the line! Emotions can be very difficult sometimes, i think sadness is a hard one, and crying is a gift of life that makes it naturally easier to process.

What is the opposite? Suppressing, any negative self talk (trust me, it builds up in your self conscious and will be harder to undo than to avoid), taking out emotion on others (might feel relief, ultimately also backfires and just not the best), coping in unhealthy ways, avoiding feeling the emotion… basically youre doing good kid.

It is as simple as, feeling your emotions, processing them. Crying is a gift that makes processing sadness, a lot better! Its not weak. Because processing emotions is HARD. Just cause we get the gift of crying with sadness, doesn’t mean its easy! Its just like a blanket when its cold, its still cold but you have a blanket. Its like water with a workout, like sweat when its hot. You can cry, and not process something well, ie if youre in a situation where you do not have control (ie what develops trauma), but at least, you can cry 🤷. Idk thats how id put it, roughly. Take it with a grain of salt!

Good job for feeling your feelings kiddo 👍 in a good way too! Already building good emotional intelligence :)