Comments on: 7 Good Reasons To Cry Your Eyes Out

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:49:34 +0000

My long term partner recently left me. I had a serious cry about it! I felt marginally better, had not cried for most of my adult life.

By: allyson

allyson — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:06:40 +0000

Thank you

By: steve

steve — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:11:23 +0000

i am a guy but i know i am not ashamed of my tears. i let them flow a lot at movies and church, i am a happy crier and sad sad crier but i know i feel better to after a good cry. it helps to the wife is a crier too.

By: Heidi B

Heidi B — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:17:46 +0000

Crying is also related to laughing – the muscles used in the face are mostly the same, and so are the breathing patterns. The natural high of crying is no different than the natural high of laughing.

Also, one of the defining charactaristics of clinical depression is profound sadness WITHOUT tears. I’ve been on both sides of this and am now a crying advocate. I have encountered the stigma about being “over emotional,” but my personal experience has shown me that it’s when you don’t express the emotions that you’re naturally inclined to that you start to have problems!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:20:39 +0000

Crying always makes my head hurt and my eyes really puffy. Is it bad if you haven’t had a really big cry in almost a year?

By: sandy,phd

sandy,phd — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:21:34 +0000

Thanks, Therese, for such an informative discussion about tears. Especially the physiological and hormonal aspects.

By: Cliff Heegel Ph.D. » Blog Archive » Nice Post– Good Reasons To Cry Your Eyes Out

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:33:54 +0000

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By: Just Be Real

Just Be Real — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:06:50 +0000

Sounds good to me! Thanks!