Spicy Tears | 06/03/2026 
Crazy to think I'll be turning 23 this year, but there's a prominent thing I've noticed with growing up. I think it happened when I turned 20 or 21. My tears are now what I would consider spicy, like anytime my eyes get remotely watery now they sting my eyes now. Which never used to be a thing, growing up I was a huge crier, I'm the type of person that anytime I feel big emotions because of anger or something else, I cry. I wish I wasn't an angry crier but I am, alas.
But yeah my tears never used to be like that at all, but then one day in my 20s suddenly my tears were spicy. If I sneeze and my eyes water, it hurts, if I yawn and they water, it hurts. If I cry because I'm sad, it hurts. I genuinely don't know why this is a thing for me now, so nowadays I don't like crying but for the added reason that I don't like the spicy sensation that comes with it now. It makes me wonder, has anyone else experienced this? Or is this just a weird me thing.
Wonder if this is something I should genuinely go to a doctor about, cause again this isn't something I've dealt with my whole life, just the past few years. It would be nice if anyone else knows any information on this, but it feels like something that's so specific it might not. I understand that sometimes tears can be “spicy” because of certain hormones related to emotion or something, but again it doesn't make sense for it to be all the time.
Weird.
