Crying can be beneficial to your health. This is what many researchers are now discovering. There have been many experiments concerning the composition of tears and their healing benefits. Most researchers agree that crying can be very therapeutic. It may help heal emotions, especially if done correctly.

There seems to be a social taboo against crying, especially for boys. Many children are told to not cry. Have your parents ever said, “Stop crying, or I’ll give you something to cry about”? Well, now there is scientific proof that crying may actually be healthy!

The chemical composition of crying tears versus allergy tears is different. There is a protein found in crying tears. They seem to be more acidic. Some scientists feel that these tears are actually taking poisons from the body. Research has proven that emotions help create illness in the body. Perhaps the tears help remove the poisons that make us sick.

Dr. William Frey helped complete a study concerning human tears. The following statements summarized the findings of his group:
(1) Women cry five times as much as men.
(2) Typical crying episodes last 6 minutes for men and women.
(3) Tears are more often shed between 7 and 10 p.m. (These were the hours during which the study was conducted).
(4) No correlation of age with crying frequency exists.
(5) 85 percent female and 73 percent male report they feel better after crying.

Crying is a natural, healthy way to help deal with emotions and may be healthy. But if someone cries over everything that happens they may lack coping skills. This can even indicate a medical problem. How can you tell if you cry too much? If you cry everyday, that is too much. But I have read that everyone needs a good cry every few months, just to keep problems from building up. If you can’t cry at all, that indicates that you are repressing your emotions. This is not a good thing to do. When we repress anger and hurt, we also begin to repress love and other positive emotions.

If you are having a problem with repressed emotions find a Styrofoam bat. Hit something soft like a mattress or a pillow for about five minutes. Even if you think you are not upset about anything, after a few minutes of hitting the mattress emotions will begin to flow. You may start to cry. This is a good thing. Let the tears come. They are healing and therapeutic. Please read the pages on emotional healing methods below before you begin this exercise..
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