Judith Kay Nelson, a psychotherapist and author of Seeing Through Tears: Crying and Attachment, research suggests that crying is an attachment mechanism, through which we bond with others by eliciting or showing empathy. Studies indicate that people with Sjogren’s syndrome, which inhibits tear production, are more likely to have difficulty identifying their own emotions.Īccording to Dr. It’s fascinating to note that crying may have as much to do with feelings as feelings have to do with crying.
“They are letting go of their guard, their defenses, tapping into a place deep inside themselves.” Stephen Sideroff, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s School of Medicine. On the other extreme, people cry in response to unusual positive impressions, like swelling music or objects of beauty.
There may be a biochemical reason behind why we cry. Lauren Bylsma, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, theorizes that crying may release stress hormones or toxins from the body, which would explain why we cry when we’re sad, frustrated, or overwhelmed.
We cry when we’re so overwhelmed with work or debt or family or life in general that we can no longer cope, and we cry when we’re so filled with joy that we want to hug the world.īut what do all these highs and lows have in common? And why is crying our natural, involuntary reaction to emotional intensity? THE BODY KNOWS THE MIND We cry when we’re lonely, when we’re in pain, when we hear bad news, and when we hear good news. We cry when we’re sad, and we cry when we’re happy. Which has to make us wonder: why do we cry? Well, maybe schizophrenic is what we are, since any of them could send any of us into a spell of sniffles, if not outright sobbing.
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