I cry proudly, and it's done me a lot of good, but I don't usually let others see, there is no need for it, and I agree a lot of people aren't used to seeing that and don't respond to it in a good way. This is mostly cause historically men have had to compete for survive and showing vulnerability could lead to attack.

I think there are two kinds of crying. When you hold on to the negative feelings and cry, it’s more like whining and you can call that weakness, but when you let go of the emotions that are weighing heavy on you, you become stronger.  We all need to poop and in the same way we need to process emotions or we get sick. Crying is the fastest and easiest way.  Now I enjoy it because I usually find the things that I want to fix about myself become a lot easier to fix, like if I'm feeling lazy or unmotivated, crying can sometimes fix that if I manage to release frustration or anger. 

I used to be a very angry person and now I'm really chill. Crying helped.