Why do people cry?
-- asks David from Internetland
You’re watching the final scene in Thelma and Louise, and you’re on your third handkerchief. You turn your tear stained face to the side and look through blurred, saline-flooded vision at your cat, who is staring back at you witnessing the curious spectacle. Why is it that humans can be reduced to blubbering messes, while other members of the animal kingdom don’t seem to let out even a sniffle?
We have tear ducts to lubricate and protect our eyes from dust and other particles. The ducts are under the upper eyelids and produce a salty liquid—a tear-–-that gets spread throughout the eye after each blink. Animals too have the ability to produce tears, but not necessarily for the same reasons that we humans produce them.
Three types of tears are generated by the human eye. Basal tears protect the eye and keep it moist. Reflex tears flush out the eye when it becomes irritated. And emotional tears flow in response to sadness, distress, or physical pain.
Studies have shown that emotional tears contain more manganese, an element that affects temperament, and more prolactin, a hormone that regulates milk production. Sobbing out manganese and prolactin is thought to relieve tension by balancing the body’s stress levels and eliminating build ups of the chemicals, making the crier feel better.
But this minor physiological benefit aside, the most likely reason we produce emotional tears is because it’s a means of communication. Before babies can speak, they can cry. The only way for infants to express frustration, pain, fear, or need is to cry. Adults may use crying to bond with other humans. Expressing sadness can prompt comfort and support from peers. Different languages can provide barriers to spoken communication, but emotions are universal. There are also culturally acceptable reasons for crying that bring people together, such as at funerals or weddings.
Though there is a significant debate over whether animals have emotions and can express them, some animals do appear to cry for emotional reasons. Elephants seem to grieve when a family member dies and will guard the body and travel long distances to view it. Elephant experts at the London Zoo once told Charles Darwin that the animals do indeed mourn. Chimpanzees also appear to cry, but some scientists still insist that the tears released by these animals are strictly for cleaning the eye.
Whether or not animals shed tears for emotional reasons has yet to be scientifically proven. Humans, however, can and do dissolve into tears for any number of reasons. Cleansing the eye, relieving stress, conveying pain, communication, and societal assimilation can all lead to an empty tissue box. So weeping after that sappy movie might not mean that you are a total wuss after all. In fact, it may mean that you are behaving like a perfectly normal human being.
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This was a very interesting and insightful article. Very well written. It was educational as well as entertaining. I will be certain to forward this to my friends and colleagues.
Taisha J. Hayes, October 24, 2006 at 1:16 pmInteresting article!
Sarah Riger, October 24, 2006 at 1:20 pmExcellent article. it answers many of the questions I’ve always had. Thank you.
Mdintenfass, October 24, 2006 at 1:47 pmVery insightful. I always thought I felt better after a “good cry” and now I know why!
Ellen Renaud, October 24, 2006 at 1:58 pmGreat article! Very interesting! I want to see more from this writer!
gilliand, October 24, 2006 at 3:51 pmVery insightful and enjoyable read….are there other places this author can be found?
Clare Norwe, October 24, 2006 at 11:52 pmi like this.
lovevikki, November 3, 2006 at 2:12 pmThis article brought tears to my eyes… tears of joy that is… because it is so true. Bravo, more from this talented author is a must.
David Aames, November 14, 2006 at 7:57 pmThe article is good, but one also may cry because of extreme joy or excitement! I do believe that crying has to have a rational basis (but many therapists disagree with that).
Maurice Harting, November 22, 2006 at 2:26 amCrying is a response to a trigger and becomes irrational without it, just like laughter and anger are …
A lot of women (and some men) nowadays tend to cry for no visible reason, and when asked why they cry they will often say things like: “I dunno, I cry because it makes me feel better” and when you ask: “feel better about what?” they will respond with: “I don’t know”. It appears to me that many women, and some men have lost their senses and cry for cying sake … what a bunch of cry babies …. don’t cry now you hear lol
OKay, but wait, I dont get one thing now adays. Some people that I know are not simply cry babies but, they cry for a little reason and can seem to stop crying, its like their drowning in depression. And they feel guilty for OTHER peoples problems.
SixFeetUnder, November 23, 2006 at 5:30 amxcellent.. I got a very convincing answer.
Nithya, February 2, 2007 at 5:39 amOkay, the author covered that you cry for joyful reasons too (ref.There are also culturally acceptable reasons for crying that bring people together, such as at funerals or WEDDINGS.)As for not knowing the reason why some women and men cry is from build up of emotions that they didn’t release over years, and like the author said, stress. I’d say the majority of people don’t like to cry infront of people so when they’re around people and they want to cry and they don’t it builds up and keeps building up until they breakdown. Quote: “breaking down to tears”. This article made me feel like it’s okay to cry, it gave me the reason why I cry and why i feel better after crying. Thank you so much for this article.
Amanda
Amanda, April 7, 2007 at 9:35 pmI’m doing a science project and found this article. Thanks, it really helped me out! I got a bit of really interesting information. I hope it makes my presentation really great! Now I understand that crying actually has a reason. :*-D
Aubrey
Aubrey, April 11, 2007 at 4:26 pmi was actually searching what makes people upset and make them shed tears, and i found this article, interesting one, well done, and simple and the best one… cleared too many doubts i had..
Jagadish Pandian, April 13, 2007 at 10:01 amWhat does it mean if you feel like crying and possibly want to cry, but the tears don’t come out?
Edigaru, April 15, 2007 at 8:15 pmas for the question above, i think it has to do with the level of emotions. if you feel like crying, but the emotions aren’t strong enough, i think they don’t come out. that’s just my personal opinion.
as for the article, its fantastic. i have always wondered why people cry and now i have the answer.
thank you =]
maggie, April 15, 2007 at 10:15 pmFrom my perspective it was great reading about the different types of tears. it was therefore beneficial to me and may be of interest to others that may come about this article.once again, well done.it is there also that people do read these articles
Christopher Rodriques, June 2, 2007 at 5:36 pmUr article rocks…..Its a wonderful piece written and balanced perfectly….Thanks
Paashu, June 26, 2007 at 5:00 amyou absolute loosers.
Amber, July 1, 2007 at 5:26 amI had read a few years ago that tears were analyzed for their chemical components and it was discovered that chemeicals related to stress and other negative states of wellbeing were found to be shed in the tear, so the tear was actually part of a cleansing process, which I have no problem believing just knowing what I feel when I cry.
There was a time when I stopped crying for a few years, and believe me, not only was I in a horrible state of mind, but my body felt badly too, kind of achey and yet there seemed to be some kind of disconnectedness. It was bad. Later, when I had healed a bit from my emotional trauma, I could cry again and the acheyness stopped and I felt all around better.
I have no doubt that tears are used for communication purposes, but that doesn’t tell us what is going on when a person is crying alone or secretively. No, I believe tears are much more than what this article says they are – it’s too bad that the authors don’t leave the door open to other meanings and interpretations.
Xtina, August 23, 2007 at 10:19 pmI’m a perfectly healthy being I cry all the time, THIS ARTICLE IS SO GOOD I COULD CRY.
Chris, August 31, 2007 at 10:32 amok well it covered the reason why people cry but it did not cover why people cry for no reason or very little reason. People who cry for no reason or very little reason have a emotional disorder and should talk to their doctor, they could have a severe hormonal inbalance. So anyone that knows some one who crys all the time for no reason or very little reason should tell them to go see their doctor and figure things out.
Amanda, September 18, 2007 at 8:27 amhuh
ruby, October 18, 2007 at 4:33 pmAmber is very rude i luv u aubery we both are on the same page
Lennny roger, October 30, 2007 at 11:37 pmThe article tells us why we cry, but not how we cry, i.e, what the Brain does in reaction of aan action of emotion or sadness. I wanted to know this. I know why i cry, im sad or other, but why do we cry.
Exsample:
Itching is coursed by irritation from fibres and creats a sence if pain to the brain, which in turn makes the itch feel to you.
So i ask again, why do we cry ?
Ray, November 2, 2007 at 11:09 amI too would like to know ‘why’- what turns the ‘for no or little reason’ tears on? Amanda says it is an emotional problem – maybe there is a check list for possible ‘disorders’, besides depression. Maybe some insight would be helpful in controlling the ‘no or little reason’ tears – which can be embarassing..
Anne, November 27, 2007 at 10:05 ami find that things can trigger tears in me when I dont want to cry or feel like crying. The memory of something that was stressful years ago can trigger tears but i really dont want to cry. Sometimes at work, I find that if we have to discuss something, it makes me tearful. Intellectually I don’t particularly care, but it’s like some people may sweat in certain circumstances, but I cry. It’s really embarrassing as I don’t want to cry. It puts people off meetings with me as they are frightened i will cry. Why does this happen? what can i do to control it? can i change my diet, would that help?
Judy, December 12, 2007 at 5:41 amI thought this article was very interesting, and it helped with my french project very much!
Cassie, January 9, 2008 at 8:33 amThanks!
I’m trying to find out why my breathing rate is interrupted when I cry, or becomes sort of a pulse of sorts when exhaling — or inhaling for that matter (if that makes sense — somewhat like laughing), and things like that. I wonder if perhaps that’s left over from babyhood when noisy crying may be needed to get somebody’s attention. Or maybe it’s an inadvertent effort to avoid crying. I don’t know, just hoping to find out one day.
Minty, February 16, 2008 at 10:01 amnice article.. i havent cried in 3 years!
Greetings From Australia
Grimsheep, April 13, 2008 at 10:33 amboring
rajah cotton, April 17, 2008 at 1:26 pmphew! im 12, and for some reason i cry when i feel very little pain, even if it doesn’t hurt me that much. it’s one of my darkest secrets, and personally i HATE it! at least i know im not a wuss i guess
jerry, June 22, 2008 at 11:52 pmwhen i am sad, i cry and it relaxes me,but when i cry for a long time while feeling sad, it doesnt relaxes but gives a pain to my eyes and the pain remains unless i sleep again (seems sleep rejuvenates my eyes :))and why does it happen that sometime we also make noises or even scream while crying? a lot of people do this, i wonder why? and again, sometimes it happens that we feel pain and we want to cry, cry a lot, but the tears dont come. Why does it happen? where do the tears go then?
Pooja, June 30, 2008 at 1:16 pmMy Dad is 78. He cried a few times when I was a kid but was and alpha male personality. He crys over bad and joyful memories at anytime or anywhere. He stops crying when you focus your attention on him. Is he lonely and crying to get attention? He is vocal. When I cry it is in private and quite and I always feel ten times better. Back to my Dad I have noticed that he laughs at the wrong time and he only thinks of himself. He never asks about anyone else and always thinks of himself and is trying to sort through things before, mostly.
carl, July 23, 2008 at 8:24 pmthis article was excellent!!! i am 12 and i just wanted to know why people cry. this website link surely did the job of giving excellent information and facts!!
antonnia, July 25, 2008 at 5:23 pmyep … i like the article especially the last sentence.very relieving. but i need to know why ppl cry when they r happy. anyway keep up the good job. though irrelevent here i my dog cry at night. he behaves like human. makes us believe its a human. he go where our sound is. cry at night. takes any amount of food. not much of barking,friendly with the strangers. all look strange.by the way thanks for the good work
memyself, August 15, 2008 at 2:01 pmplz elaborate more about ppl who use tears to convince others and get attention
sai, August 20, 2008 at 6:19 amI’ve always been curious about tears…one thing I’ve always wondered about…why do some people’s eyebrows slant with the inner tips rising upward at the bridge of their nose toward the middle of their forehead when they cry while others’ brows do not? It’s an interesting phenominon I’ve seen and have always wondered about. Anyone know by chance or can anyone point me to a site that answers this eyebrow phenominon?
CNJ, August 30, 2008 at 3:43 pmit sucked and I have never cried in my life. It’s all a load of balls and I never wantto see it again!
Charlotte T, October 1, 2008 at 4:09 amCharlotte T? You Suck ! I Am Crying Whilst Reading This !
Bob Dillan, October 8, 2008 at 3:59 amwel i totally disagree
Charlotte T, October 8, 2008 at 4:04 ami think you are a complete and utter WUSS
you should get a grip or reality
this site, as i said, is a load of balls
crap
coddlewomp
and everything else shitty
you should just get back into your hole
and suck on cheese
love from Charlotte Thorpe
wel i totally disagree
Charlotte T, October 8, 2008 at 4:04 ami think you are a complete and utter WUSS
you should get a grip or reality
this site, as i said, is a load of balls
crap
coddlewomp
and everything else shitty
you should just get back into your hole
and suck on cheese
love from Charlotte Thorpe x
This is an abomination
ABOMINATION
ABOMINATIONNN!!!!
Sophhh, October 8, 2008 at 4:07 amabomination my arse
Emma Wankywomp, October 8, 2008 at 4:09 amits diabolical
despicable
unbelievable
just get lost the lot of u
im through with this
I don’t think it really answers the question. We all know the literal reason why people cry, cause of there emotions but whyDoes your body react by, Flooding your face w/ blood (turniing it red) and causing tears, typically used for more practical things like cleaning the eyes, to come in large amounts.
May, October 13, 2008 at 7:40 pmhallo,
schtefan, October 15, 2008 at 4:08 amhier in deutchland es ist fantastisch
ich bin sehr gross
mein dick freunde ist wunderbar im das schlafzimmer
danke und gut nacht :)
bonjour
schtefanny, October 15, 2008 at 4:11 amje m’appelle greg
j’adore la website
c’est tres tres bien
le people a francais are tres bien a la chambre, a le amoir.
merci
an interesting article.why do some people roll down tears when they vomit?
winnie, November 5, 2008 at 12:41 pmhmmmmm.
mocha, November 6, 2008 at 1:16 amthat was terrible french.
and completely irrelevant.
crying is badass.
Thank you Emily Driscoll! In response to some of the comments.. I don’t think there is such thing as crying for no reason. Even if we can’t put a finger on why we are crying, it’s only because the subconscience is keeping this information from us, and this creates imbalance and stress, and requires a lot of energy. Kind of off-topic, but if you don’t know the reason you’re crying, start writing stream-of-consciousness and reread what you’ve written out loud. I’ve found the real reason behind my emotional tears so many times by doing this.
Sophie, November 18, 2008 at 11:26 pmI heard somewhere though, that you cried our of fear frustration and anger, or from being overwhelmed, not really out of sadness?
Jenny, November 28, 2008 at 8:22 pmoh, and pain.
Jenny, November 28, 2008 at 8:23 pmI am a preacher and let me tell you, I am using this in my sermon on sunday night this is a great study of how and why humans cry
quincy Hallum, November 30, 2008 at 1:45 amUsually when I meet a psychology major on campus, I ask them one question: Why do we cry?
The answers vary to say the least. Most are dumbfounded by the question. It’s interesting to think of emotional tears as a means of communication like yelling out “Pay Attention To ME!”
The more we understand ourselves and the more we neutralize our neuro-network, then perhaps we will dry up our emotional tears and get on with our lives. Who knows?
p.s. Radioflyer was the first movie to make me cry as a kid. My sister’s was All Dogs Go To Heaven. It’s interesting the cultural moments that trigger our need for flushing out the system.
Andrew, December 1, 2008 at 10:23 pmAnd speaking of vomit and tears from above. I became so upset once after breaking up with my girlfriend that I drove away from the house in tears. As I was crying and barely making myself along the straight road, I just up and puked out the window. Weird.
during grief the body wants to cleanse itself.
Andrew, December 1, 2008 at 10:27 pmexcuse e moir
french ponce, December 3, 2008 at 4:25 ammes francais ce super
je mange une chocalate
yummmmmm
salut
p.s vous all suck
I agree with andrew, i believe that when u feel any emotional stress, ur body automatically tries to cleanse and rehabilitate itself. i mean who doesnt feel better after a warm shower? u know….like a self-comferting thing..
Just Claudia, December 10, 2008 at 9:46 amthis article was very well written. It was very imformational and it helped me a lot for an anatomy paper i had to write. :)
Megan A. States, December 14, 2008 at 8:00 pmAnimals definitely feel emotion, anyone who has had a pet should know that.
Angie, December 15, 2008 at 4:30 pmIsn’t the word cries not crys.
Wayne T Layman, December 24, 2008 at 2:31 amit is true that cries do release person from stress..but what is actually the mechanism occured in our eyes when we experienced some emotional situation and sometimes why do people tend to cry non-stop and how did the tears run out and where is the water comes from??any scientific explanation behind this, i really need to know..
ojyou, December 28, 2008 at 1:28 pmwow. i cry a lot. i really i do. this artical was SO deep…. i couldn’t help but cry. i was just devastatedto find out that when you cry it has health benefits,,, especially becasue i’m the kind of person who HATES being healthy…. wow just writing this amazing comment is making me cry..
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lil_miss_geekiness, December 29, 2008 at 1:10 am(the beauty of my tree made me cry!)
i cry for only 2 reasons.
1. i shit myself and lick windows.
2. i shit myself and lick windows.
i cant help it…. and nobody exept Larry the cow understands me. i feel so alone…. but then i go outside and larry is there waiting for me…
lil_miss_geekiness, December 29, 2008 at 1:19 amone day he was so happy to see me that he tramples my face and broke my glasses…. but i know it was just an accident. LArry was the best thing to ever happen to me. I am crying just thinking about everything Larry has done for me…. in fact i think i’ll go lick a window in memory of this fine cow. (ps. it offends me when people say “bull shit” becasue larry was a bull until my master cut his testacles off and he became gay. so from now on please say “cow shit!” thank you!
why people cry
kimberly, January 13, 2009 at 6:40 amwhy the heart is stop
kimberly, January 13, 2009 at 6:42 amOMD
kool, January 15, 2009 at 6:54 pmMY EYE LOOKS LIKE THAT
Yep, sorrow & sadness do it for me. Total strangers on the tube (that I know are acting) get my best tears. Crying, in my opinion, is an emotion all to itself, not just a response to sadness or happiness. I’m often extremely sad and extremely happy, am I beyond shedding tears? When I cry I generally think God is showing himself, he has shown his grace through my tears ~ sadness will lift and be washed away. In return, I’ll work on eliminating the cause of the sorrow.
Kat, January 16, 2009 at 12:52 pmPeace
I have been told that when a person cries the only reason is because that person is feeling sorry for themselves????? Please help me as I absolutly do not believe this.
helpless, January 29, 2009 at 2:30 amI agree that this article, or whatever you want to call it, is well written/typed.
My favorite part in the article was definitely the part about animals and their emotions. I read each and every comment word for word and my favorite comment is #64. :D
I stumbled upon this article, because I was looking up a quote by Crying Wolf from Metal Gear Solid 4, because one of my friends from school told me that I looked like her, so one day I got curious and I looked her up on YouTube. A few lines that interested me (from which she said) were “Cry if you need to … I’ve cried myself dry, so cry as much as you like. I will be there to listen.”
I pasted what she said into the Yahoo search bar and from all of that said, it’s obvious how this article was linked to what I was searching for. :P
Btw, I know this is a long comment, but that French comment was seriously horrible. x] Also, I think I have great grammar for a 15 year old and half of these comments are so improper and misspelled. Thanks God for spell check, right? Lmao!
-Jamie
Jamie, February 7, 2009 at 4:35 amBut, why do people *cry*? If people are stressed and have an overload of those chemicals and hormones, why can’t they just release tears instead of sobbing and having all of the other physical actions that accompany crying?
Tammy, February 21, 2009 at 3:03 pmVery, very good article. I have always wondered this.
Haille, March 3, 2009 at 6:15 pmluv this article! i was searching for something to do my article (WSNR) in science class for and all of a sudden my sister started crying. i got interested and started googling it and found scienceline! (not a first time user)
lolstupid, March 10, 2009 at 6:59 pmlove ya all-_-
I love this whole page! It made me laugh. I actually just got done crying cuz my girlfriend.
:( so I was just curious to know why I cry! Although I know.
And really I cry because I’m sad or hurt, sometimes very angry. I believe that crying is healthy but I also believe that it can be un healthy if you’re doing it for attention in a negative way to continue feeling sorry for yourself.
Many times I cry when I really feel sadness and lonelyness deep in my stomach’s little soul. When my girlfriend and I fight I cry, because it’s very painful and it hurts. Or EVEN when she just sounds mean or insensitive in her voice!but because I am so sensitive…I also cry because of dissapointment, or when I feel my brothers and sisters pain.
But I only cry when I feel it! If Its something I think about that I am sensitive to, I tear up. If I feel it, if my body feels my emotions… I just cry so hard and loud depending on what it is. It doesn’t ever feel good to cry, but atleast I know why I am. And I will admit whenever I feel lonely, I cry for myself.
However, I cry hard but quiet when I feel lonely or sad for real personal reasons and I squeeze my pillow. But when I’m angry or upset because of a right then issue I cry loud and VERY hard, but where its still private. Its weird because when I’m crying because of a then issue its usually something I can get over! But honestly I think that the more intense cry is somewhat releasing those other feelings of real deep emotional feelings with my then issues.
And of course I always feel better with a vent cry.
But yes, CRY!!! Its good.
BY THE WAY
I love my girlfriend she’s the best jerkiest tear jerker JERK EVER!and when I cry with her or because of her its because she is soley the most important person to me ever.
But like the old wiseman said…
Crying is like your bowels! If you don’t let the bad stuff out in someway, then you’re constipated with loads of little balls, waiting…….. And waiting………………..until “BOOM!” Your rectum EXPLODES!!!!
Its just natural, so do it!
alissa, March 17, 2009 at 5:18 amI was crying for no reason yesterday, decided to investigate….a friend of mine happened to be covering drug withdraw in school yesterday as well. I mentioned that I had been trying to quit pot – hadn’t smoked it since Sunday…she said that was one of the main symptoms of the withdraw – crying for no reason. Usually I have no appetite, don’t hardly eat for days, and cry…which gives me a reason – hunger. This time I have an appetite, but was crying anyways.
Jen, April 10, 2009 at 9:07 amIt was quite annoying, really.
iam crying a lot here lately because of being sad because my dad yells at me when i am in truble.
kaitlyn, April 15, 2009 at 7:08 pmThis is a very great piece of information.
coolio, April 19, 2009 at 5:36 pmIt has helped me out alot with my Inquiry project.
THANK YOU!!!!
cool
misoscms, April 19, 2009 at 5:37 pmDats gr8!
ilakit, April 29, 2009 at 4:58 pmSo your saying black people can’t cry because their sad?
Anonymous, May 5, 2009 at 3:00 pmWow I havn’t cried in a while…maybe a few tears on the last day of school last week..my tears will turn into a river but I need to build a bridge and get the hell over it
Kacyy, June 10, 2009 at 8:22 pmi love lil miss geeky
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nichevo
Pandas are dying out mainly because of one main reason: habitat loss. Their main source
of food is bamboo, which takes a long time to grow. This problem wasn’t present when
pandas were spread throughout the massive south-east of Asia, including China. Hence,
when a forest of bamboo was being consumed by them, they could simply move to an-
other bamboo forest, but the supply grew harder to find or reach.
lollll
rassiaan, June 18, 2009 at 9:56 amokay i just sat there and read the comments and half of u guys are sooo retarted!!!!
first of all, if u hav a nasty comment, keep it to urself. nobody wants to hear it! tht was an amazing article and id like to c u do better…
… which we all know u cant. im only 12 but i can tell u one thing, this author is awesome and he shuld keep writing becuz he just got me an A on my report
kayla!!!, June 24, 2009 at 12:07 pmi rely liked tht article… it was rely educational :)
kayla!!!, June 24, 2009 at 12:12 pmI agree with #83, what’s the point of leaving nasty comments, it’s pathetic.
I thought this article was really informative, well written and easy to read. I myself cry quite alot and like many of you when i’m angry or frustrated, when i’ve had to bite my tongue when dealing with fools at work. I hate it because i feel it makes me look weak!
But after reading this i don’t think i really care how it makes me look to people’s who’s opinions are too pointless to concern me. I’m pleased that’s it’s the realise of those troublesome chemicals, i always feel much better after a good cry once i’ve gotten over the embarrassment and this explains why.
Nice to see so many supportive comments too :o)
cat, July 31, 2009 at 2:57 pmwow. i’ve never thought much about why i cry or how it makes me feel better after but after reading this magnificent article, it realized that its okay to cry.
the author is very intellectual. thank you for sharing the knowledge :)
qwerty, August 15, 2009 at 3:00 amit will be nice if we analyse crying vs laughing.
G.Sreekumar, September 4, 2009 at 1:29 amThanks for solving a teatime discussion!
Matt, September 17, 2009 at 1:06 pmahahahahahaha what a joke. dude, animals cry, just because they don’t have tears when they cry means nothing. kittens cry as babies, my dog cries whimpers and howls when lonely. What is this nonsense about animals not feeling. ahahahahaahah what ignorant sob wrote this.
David, November 15, 2009 at 10:15 aminit reet
Charlotte Thorpe, December 15, 2009 at 9:47 amlisten k
cryin iz for fkin ponces
if ur ard like us then
u got nwt to worry about
I SAY I SAY
what is going on here
all this chit chat nonsence
i love you all no need to cry
SEX IS GOOD.
AMEN.
I thought it was a good article, i was searching about weather its only humans that cry and found this an interesting read.
I can’t understand the mentality of some people on here though, obviously “Charlotte Thorpe” has some issues, she or he was obviously looking about crying too, to then dismiss what he/she found because of their background maybe your daddy beat you or something more synster.
but i get the Jist of what is being said on the article, we cry to compensate for the over use of chemicals in our body to release them, thus releaving the “sorrow, pity,stress, anger and laughter (we’ve all found something redicoulsly funny, and have ended up crying while laughing) i’m guessing too much of an emoitional chemical in the body which is released can be a bad thing, so it expells it quickly and easily through the tear ducts, bringing the levels back to a sustainable level, i mean it wouldn’t be fun to live if every emotion you felt was rocketed out of you via your bladder or some other unholy place.
we are a species that relies heavily on our emotions, so a natural way of removing too much chemicals released would be the obvious quickest way.
So i suppose people who cry for no reason have less tollerance to the chemcals so the body dispells them sooner than an average person
Unknown 17, January 29, 2010 at 9:30 pmI’m a 50 year old male that cries nearly every day now. At least half the time it’s not about me. I cry alot thinking about things in my internet friends’ lives. And I’ve never even had any contact with them off the internet. And I cry for animals. It’s always in private, and I can straighten up fast if I need to attend to something. Lately I have been crying more often for myself as the economy worsens and a return to a better life seems increasingly hopeless. I went years without crying when I was younger, and I cried at appropriate times in other years when I was younger. But it seems I can trace the daily crying back to the time I successfully quit smoking cigarettes 7 years ago. I don’t know if that might indicate some chemical imbalance, or the nicotine steeled my nerves, or if the cigarette habit provided me a distraction.
Buddy, February 21, 2010 at 9:06 pmGreat Article, answers all my questions.
Robin Solanki, February 23, 2010 at 2:06 pmThis helped me a TON with my Enlgish essay(: Thnx A LOT!! :) Really appreciate it =D
bellers, March 3, 2010 at 12:16 am94th!!!!!!
WOOHOO, March 7, 2010 at 9:30 pmGood article,then which part of the brain is responsible for crying?why some people cry when they are happy?
HLONIPHO, March 16, 2010 at 4:55 amDoes anyone know how often humans cry?
Beverly, March 31, 2010 at 6:00 amThat Article helped me and answers all of MY questions.
Andrew, April 8, 2010 at 7:56 pmThank you for the article. I was revising biology when I realised this question wasn’t answered. The article was beautifully written and wonderfully unbiased.
I also have a few comments about the comments.
1) Many of you should take more care when spelling. Words such as ‘should’ and ‘cried’ are words even my little brother could spell without a problem. If you are unsure of a word, type it into the Google search bar, it should come up with the correct spelling.
2) If you disagree with this article, discuss it like adults. This means no harassment, calmly putting your point across and then backing it up with some research.
Some of the questions raised were very interesing ones. I will be sure look further into it.
Chaotic_Flowers, April 10, 2010 at 5:58 amI am 32 man, not gay, I get teased after work for stupid shit and I don’t know how to deal with it. If it didn’t bother me, they would stop teasing. But it does bother me, so now I am in tears on my drive home because I am upset. Now I want to quit because I shouldn’t have to feel this way. Pisses me off that I am tearing up but no one see me tear up, I do it in private. I think there is something wrong with me and I shouldn’t be so emotional. How can I stop? I also cry if their is something sad in a movie. Might be something to that to much hormones because I do build muscle fast from working out and my brother is about the same. I have seen him tear up in a movie too. He is a Officer Pilot in the AF and he got drug tested. They thought he might be using steroids because of high testosterone. I think I might be depressed but I don’t believe in therapy or drugs. I used to smoke pot and that helped with the emotions but I quit because of long term effects and the stigma that follows being a pot smoker in today’s society. I do not drink and never been a drinker, only social drinker and I never get drunk. I moved to help my mother who almost died to a aneurysm and now needs daily assistance. My only real friends are about 8 hour drive away. My goal to fix this is to lose about 40 pound of unwanted fat and be strong mentally and physically. Maybe that will fix every aspect in my life like getting a better job and a nice girlfriend. That is what I am counting on.
Jay Buddy, April 25, 2010 at 11:52 pmGreat article…thanks =D
christina, May 10, 2010 at 8:50 pmJay buddy… I like your ability to analyze your thoughts and emotions. If I were younger, I’d be your girlfriend.
jay buddy fan, May 15, 2010 at 8:25 pmi am a male i am mot ashamed to let the tears flow in public. in church the tears are streaming down my face every week. i cry alot in movies sad or if it has a real happy ending doesnt matter i sit ther and bawl. if a friend cries i join right in and start crying too. i know i feel alot better after a good cry.
steve, May 21, 2010 at 5:27 amOk. I read the article and all of your posts. It’s good to know there are so many people out there who cry. I think a good cry now and then is great, but I have a real dilema and I need some GOOD advice here. I work with young women (ages 11 -19) in a treatment facility for girls who have been severely abused (sexually, emotionally, verbally, etc.) I feel very strongly in the power of women and the ability we have to protect ourselves, love ourselves, and be a source for good to those around us. As I work with these young women I try to help them see the strength within themselves. My problem is I will often start to cry when I’m talking to them and telling them how wonderful they are. I think my crying is embarrassing to them and to me. How do I learn to control the crying? I want to stay calm so the conversation can continue. I think often the girl I’m working with will shut down, back away, when she sees me start to cry. This is not good. I really, really need help to stop the cry thing. Any advice?
crybaby, May 22, 2010 at 10:27 am@crybaby:
A friend of mine is a physiotherapist with the same problem. She starts Whenever something bad happens or has happened to one of her patients, but for some people it can actually help because they feel less vunerable if the other person is willing to let down their ‘barriers’.
One thing that always helps for me is trying to think logically rather then emotionally. It can be very hard if you are naturally an emotional person, but try count to ten and think about how to treat your patient instead of how much they have been through.
Best of luck!
Chaotic_Flowers, May 31, 2010 at 10:42 amI think cry can let me relaxed when im in pressure. And when i feel sad,i ofen cry alone,then i would feel better.
Mr.Dan(Fem.), June 3, 2010 at 9:10 pmdogs eat grass. that, right there is the question! they do so because it reminds them of good old home. dogs were founded in Yemen, a medium size country located next to the United Arab of Emerates, below Saudi Arabia. Gandi lived there in his young age, he really had no friends so he would look for dogs. It took many years to find some, when he found a pack he was so happy that he made out with them all. the dogs spoke around the world to other dogs and told them his lips tasted like grass. other dogs really liked grass, they tried to find Gandi but never could because they wanted the taste of it. so they just started eating grass!
laquita! they hot stuff babe :), June 30, 2010 at 8:47 pmpeople cry because chuck norris tells them to!
laquita! they hot stuff babe :), June 30, 2010 at 8:48 pmheyy :) iam lola i think that it makes me cry
lola, July 22, 2010 at 7:10 amsometimes i feel like i have a taco in my chest and its stuck
its ok to cry but it depends why you cry mabey cause you hurt and have to let your expretion out and have a feeling that you are hurt on the inside.
Dr.Murdock, July 26, 2010 at 9:00 pmI too was just crying and as a biology major was curious to why exactly people cry due to emotions. My ex and i just recently broke up. We had to end our rel`p for non typical reasons (its extremely complicated .. Something youll see in a movie). But anyways at first i found myself wanting to cry because i felt so sorry for myself. As bad as it sounds i wanted to suffer in sadnness but then i realized that behaving in such a way would only lead to depression. Today i cried but for healthier reasons. Lately i have felt a deeper connection to life and it brings tears to my eyes. My point is that there are healthy and unhealthy reasons to cry. For instance crying because i feel pity for myself is not good. Times like those its best to stay strong and keep moving forward. Thats my opinion.
lala Girl, August 1, 2010 at 6:13 pmTears of a chimp are not proven? Yah, sounds typical. We can’t observe that a chimp lost their baby and see tears, we are projecting human emotion, and therefore its not fact. UGH… Science is so strict about proof. The dogma, “Its anecdotal evidence, so further study has to prove it.” – Boring!
poo poo, August 16, 2010 at 2:34 pm