I was quite sick a couple of days ago and I was lying in bed with my dogs. I was feeling down so I thought fake crying would get my dogs attention for them to comfort me but they ignored me since they were asleep. I cried
Are you messing with me right now? Do you think that you may need help with depression?
Well yes it is the first time but when I was in high school people would ignore me when I cried so I stopped crying in public because I got tired of the humiliation.
You should not fake cry just to get attention, even if it is just your dogs. Honesty is the best policy.
It makes me feel better and I'm not hurting anyone.
It doesn't hurt you with your dogs too much, but once you do it around people it can become very manipulative. You're forcing people to care about you without putting in the work of getting to know them, and a lot of people would be annoyed with that.