How can I avoid crying or losing it in public?

I have found this wiki-how article has many helpful tips for controlling urges to cry in public: http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Yourself-from-Crying In addition, another trick that I use is to just keep telling myself that "I am saving my tears for later." I just keep repeating that & can get through whatever situation I am currently in that is bad to cry during, & then when I am alone I get to cry as much as I feel like.

The best thing I have found that helps me in this situation is to avoid thinking about and dwelling on whatever it is that's making you cry. Distractions are nice because they allow you to momentarily forget about what's bothering you.

one might try to keep it in and make an appointment with themselves to do it at the very first moment they can (for example, if you feel like crying in public, one might tell themselves they will the moment they get home) this will of course only work if you are strong enough to keep it in that long, sometimes, you just cant help it

Thought distraction can really help. If you get yourself to focus on something else, you will begin to calm down.

The most important thing is to try to calm yourself down whenever you feel the need to cry or loose it, Take deep breathes and explore a more positive line of thought. Distract yourself and try and think of things that are not so bad in your life and focus on that instead

Forcefully change your train of thought to something else. Think of a story that you really like, or a song that you heard that caught your attention. It's hard at first but gets easier.

Just think happy thoughts. If your walking around with postiveness you wont even think about breaking down.