Surprisingly, little research has been done on the health effects of crying. In popular media, crying is promoted as healthful and cathartic. But is it? The results are mixed. In a literature review ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...

Crying is a natural response to a wide variety of emotions, ranging from extreme sadness to extreme happiness. Since the ancient era, crying has been regarded as a natural phenomenon that helps ...

Crying is one of your body’s natural responses to intense emotion. Some people cry easily, while others don’t fight tears too often. Whenever you cry as the result of overwhelming feelings, you are ...