Crying is good for you.
By thetis74
@thetis74 (1525)
August 6, 2011 8:37pm CST
The act of crying leads to the feelings of release from emotional tension. We always feel better after crying at times of emotional stress. Women cried five times as often than men, and many more men than women refrained from tears altogether.
Yet sometimes it hard to get the physical basis for crying because our reaction to tears is sometimes strongly influenced by culture. In some parts of the world, men may weep freely. In others, crying is considered a weakness.
5 responses
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
7 Aug 11
There would be a saying that in some countries,it would be considered as a weakness if man are crying.But i don't think it is correct.Human need to release their feelings or stress no matter their gender.It is indeed a kind of release and helpful for us to crying and thanks for sharing this.
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@Larena125 (45)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
Crying is good for everyone. With me it takes the bad feelings and emotions away leaving only specks of those bad memories left to be healed as time will pass by. If not, or if we just take it ourselves we will get so depressed and can cause stress that might lead to certain diseases. That's why pouring out some tears is okay since it also cleanses the eyes.
@voracious (624)
• Philippines
7 Aug 11
Yeah most of the people think that crying is a sign of weakness but no because crying is releasing of emotional tension and it also detoxifies are body too so its like 2 birds in one stone.
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
8 Aug 11
You are right. In our culture and in our country even at a loss of close ones when men cries to release the stress, they are told so many soothing words and ask them to stop crying. And that has resulted men having heart attacks or heart related problems than women. Like laughing is good to health, crying is also very much necessary to control the stress. While women do a lot of crying, it is the men, who do not know how to control the feelings; happy or sad; and end up smoking, drinking and other bad habits. so friends, please make sure you make the male members of your family cry a while for a happy life.
@airamtheb (370)
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7 Aug 11
Crying itself is a therapeutic form.It does not only cleanse our eyes but as well as lighten our heart and mind. That is why it is suggested that if one feels like crying, then he or she has to cry for a good reason unless one cries unreasonably,that is another thing.
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