5 reasons why you need to have a good cry

3/28/2021

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Science Story: 5 reasons why you need to have a good cry

In this post, we're talking about 5 amazing health benefits of crying. Tears are so beneficial they can even ease physical pain! So keep reading and enjoy.

A lot of people see crying as something bad. Oftentimes, when people cry, you hear remarks like "Why are you now crying?" and "Don't be such a baby about it."

They make it seem like babies have the monopoly on crying. Let's prove them wrong.

#1 It restores emotional balance

Researchers say that crying can help you recover from emotional pain and restore your emotional balance. When you cry from a strong emotion like happiness or hurt, it helps your body recover from strong emotions.

These theory still needs further research, but it is believed that emotional tears contain stress hormones and toxins and they are flushed out from crying.

#2 It relieves pain

Crying releases endorphins and oxytocin which help people feel good. When you cry, these hormones help you deal with emotional and even physical pain. So when your body hurts and it makes you wanna cry, it's unhealthy to hold your tears!

#3 It improves your vision

Every day, as we go about our daily activities, our eyes are exposed to dirt, dust, and debris which are a source of potential harm, as they irritate the surface of the eye, which can result in visual deterioration.

Crying helps clean the eyes by pushing out these irritants. The best part is our tears contain lysozyme, an antibacterial chemical that fights eye infection.

#4 It clears your nose

Our tear ducts is connected to the nose, that's why when you cry at times, you get a runny nose. It is not a bad thing as it helps to flush out bacteria and irritants from the nose.

#5 It improves your sleep

After a good cry, the body feels lighter and better. This is because toxins and stress hormones have been flushed out of the body. As a result, it's easier for us to fall asleep after crying, and the quality of sleep gets better, which is beneficial for our metabolism and immune system.

Do you let yourself cry the moment you feel like crying? Do you know any other benefits of crying? We'll love to read them in the comment section!

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What are your thoughts on this subject?

22 Comments

Emma Alabaster

Thanks for that, I've just spent the last hour crying and can agree that these seem to be very true, from what I can tell.

Steve Tingle

Man, but have cried a number of times over the years, usually when I've been having a breakdown, thankfully there are medicines which help!

flanderschristy

When I was a child we weren't allowed to cry. If we did our Dad would tell us to stop or he would give us something to cry about. He thought crying was a sign of weakness. To this day I don't cry except when I'm home alone watching a movie & there is a sad scene, especially if it involves children or animals. I remember holding it in until I felt like I would burst so I believe you should cry. Now I don't care to be around woman who cry constantly. You know, the ones who cry at the drop of a hat. While raisi,g my daughter if there was a real reason to cry, I'd tell her to cry because it would make her feel better. So yes, I believe there is some truth to this.

Anthony Russell

Interesting that your models for this piece are all female. Your points are right, but it works for eveyone.

lmoores

Crying is a great stress releaser.

Julie Allen

patrick connealy, Bit hard to find men who'll cry openly.

Ilias Tsiabardas

Thanks for that ,and from now on I would make it a habit Crying but in Private 😭

Paul Vickers

Gladys Shoemaker, Sorry to hear that, I lost my parents a day after each other in 2018 it's coming up in December and I still not cried or grieved, I say to myself is that normal.

Jim Mascair

It seems to have good benefits, but it would ruin my reputation.

Gladys Shoemaker

I can’t cry. Have not been able to cry for at least 10 years. My husband passed away, I have not been able to cry???

james parrillo

Steve Tingle, God knows how you feel. You can tell Him about it. Thank you, Christine, James's wife

Eve

Tears or laughter...both are a release of emotion and you need to let them out

MRogers

Steve Tingle, I feel your pain brother.

Steve Tingle

Irma Rivera, It is a problem, my wife died but since then I find it hard to get emotional about anything until it gets too much and I have a breakdown.

Fiona McWilliam

Irma Rivera, Hello Irma. I suffer from depression and anxiety. For years I hardly cried but since I left home I have cried way more! The thing that has helped me a lot is going to counselling because that has lifted away some of my underlying anger that I didn't know I had and I'm now able to deal with lots more. I'm currently going through some friend issues and cried buckets yesterday because of this. I have a small amount of counselling going on just now so I can untangle some of the issues that I am causing others. I have found that I unravel one string of emotion right down to when I was small and then another one starts to unravel all the way back but it seems to me that my strings of emotion don't unravel all at once or none of us would cope because it would be just too much! From my experience, I can say that unravelling all the stuck emotions has really helped me to get lots better so can I urge you to seek some counselling to start that process if you can afford it. I'd love to be going more but I just can't afford to. xx

bina sarmah

patrick connealy, Sorry Pat, this is female dominated quiz.

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