Rachel Cohen had a paralegal job working for a verbally abusive boss who sometimes left her in tears.

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Afterward, sometimes there would be tears.

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Sometimes he broke down in tears, wondering if it would ever stop, which it did nearly six months later.

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Sometimes, it even brings tears to my eyes.

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If coping with it can be described as regularly breaking down in tears for no apparent reason sometimes in front of senior officers and soldiers whom I hold the utmost respect for.

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Or the outbursts take the form of tears. (And no, not just from women.) People sometimes cry in response to negative feedback or out of sheer aggravation.

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