What Causes "Boehner's Tears"? My Theory. What's yours?

[littlemissmartypants]

Emotional Lability: labile affect or pseudobulbar affect secondary to neurological deficits such as diffuse cerebrovascular disease and/or alcohol dementia.

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1. Aging brain syndrome
2. Alzheimer's Disease
3. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
4. Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency
5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
6. Bipolar disorder
7. CFS subtype 1 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)
8. CFS subtype 2 ( musculoskeletal, pain, anxiety/depression)
9. CFS subtype 3 (mild)
10. CFS subtype 4 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)

http://symptoms.rightdiagnosis.com/cosymptoms/emotional-lability.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labile_affect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dementia

http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/symptoms/emotional_lability/causes.htm

[hobbit709]

1. Onion juice in his hanky.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Tear-Free Onion Goggles

[bigtree]

14. onion peeling helmets

[SDjack]

2. Also aggravated by being allergic to tobacco smoke and alcohol.

[6000eliot]

3. Chronic alcoholism?

[titaniumsalute]

4. Nipple clamps just a little too tight...N/T

[DetlefK]

6. I had "Boehner's Tears" as a kid.

When I got angry or extremely agitated, the tears started flowing, which made me ashamed and even more nervous. There was no psychological connection to this: I felt perfectly normal. It was a bodily reaction that resulted in a loss of control over my tear-ducts.

Over the years, the symptoms got weaker as my personality matured and as I gained more leverage over my emotions. They stabilized at an age of approximately twenty. Nowadays I merely get an itchy sensation at my lower eye-lids in these situations.

My advise to Boehner would be to relax more and learn to avoid/suppress these levels of agitation. Meditation, yoga... something like that.

[lonestarnot]

7. Organic brain damage secondary to alcoholism.

[SummerSnow]

8. He wants his country back..

This is why he is always crying.Self inflated ego that's wants his way.He didn't cry before November 2008.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Gave crying

babies a bad name?

[RKP5637]

10. Something he caught from Glenn Beck! n/t

[MrScorpio]

11. Gin Fizzies nt

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Hat Tip to lexw...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251257184

[bigtree]

13. guilt

1. Acute stress disorder
An acute anxiety state...more »
2. Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the compulsive urge to drink alcohol despite knowing the negative impact on one's health....more »
3. Bipolar disorder
Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression"....more »
4. Birth Injury
An injury to the mother caused by childbirth...more »
5. Craniosynostosis
A defect involving the fusion of one or more bones in the skull before it has finished growing which affects the head size and shape and can affect the growth of the brain. The defect is often associated with other conditions. Symptoms are determined by w...more »
6. Depression
Various syndromes with excessive anxiety, phobias, or fear....more »
7. Depressive disorders
Depression or its various related conditions....more »
8. Dysthymia
Mild form of depression...more »
9. Dysthymia/seasonal depression disorder, PND
10. Grief or loss
The normal emotional response that occurs to an external loss
11. Hyper IgE
Inherited immunodeficiency disorders involving excessive production of IgE and frequent bacterial (staphylococcal) infections mainly involving the skin as well as other problems.
12. Job syndrome
An immunodeficiency disorder characterized by excessive production of IgE and frequent bacterial infections mainly involving the skin
13. Meningitis
Dangerous infection of the membranes surrounding the brain....more »
14. Post-traumatic stress disorder
Stress following a traumatic event
15. Severe depression

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Bigtree !!!

You really went to the site and tried it!! Thank you!

[Oilwellian]

15. I don't know, but...

It sure has been entertaining over the years.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Interestng

compare/contrast and thank you for kicking the post.

[Oilwellian]

18. I thought it was extremely revealing...

During his 60 Minutes interview, when he said he couldn't visit schools anymore and see the children's faces, because he thought they should have the same opportunities in life that he had. The way he broke down and cried at that moment indicates he knows how he and his minions have thoroughly destroyed a bright future for our children.

[rppper]

19. Low "T"???

Just saying....

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Now why

didn't I think of that?

[rppper]

21. Heheheh.....

Gawd as my witness I was reading the OP and the commercial for the 52 y/o neurologist who's in better shape than his 20something sons came on pedaling some testosterone booster....I had no other choice...it was a sign!

[Canuckistanian]

22. Boehner Baby!

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. He did not cry when Gabbie Giffords was nearly shot dead.