Crying ~ Helps?
from Pinterest "Most people believe that crying will make them feel better, but in many instances, it doesn't, a team of psychologists in the United States and the Netherlands have found. The researchers asked 97 women keep diaries about their crying and mood for about two months. The majority of the women - 60 percent - reported feeling the same after they cried as before, and 9 percent felt worse. Nor surprisingly, those who were prone to negative moods shed tears the most, and those with frequently shifting moods felt like crying more than others. In these cases, weepy episodes generally led to a worse mood and seemed to produce no benefit, the psychologists say. Interestlingly, the 30 percent of women who did have a cathartic cry tended to weep more intensely - big sobs that did not necessarily last long - and they were more likely to be with one other person while they cried. "Don't expect crying by itself to bring relief," say...