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 ...

How Culture Shapes Our Relationship With Tears Cultural attitudes toward crying vary widely across the world. Some cultures embrace public expressions of grief, viewing shared tears as essential to ...

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Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / AJR_photo. That box of tissues isn’t just for mopping up your emotions—those tears you’ve been holding back at work, in traffic, or during that commercial with the ...

When I saw Jojo Rabbit I wept after the final scene. The woman next to me was crying, too, and, through her tears, turned to her partner with a smile and said, “That was so good.” She knew, like I do, ...

Mental health experts explain why random crying spells signal deeper emotional needs and share essential strategies to address the real causes behind unexpected tears. Those mysterious crying episodes ...

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They say that there's no sense in crying over spilled milk. But what do they know? Crying can get you another glass of milk if you do it loud enough. Plus, crying may serve a real physiologic purpose, ...

In 2013, researchers led by Paul Rozin, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper on “hedonic reversal,” a form of “benign masochism” in which people take pleasure ...