{"id":8068,"date":"2011-08-11T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humintell.com\/?p=8068"},"modified":"2011-09-16T17:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T00:01:36","slug":"does-crying-make-you-feel-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/08\/does-crying-make-you-feel-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Crying Make you Feel Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8973\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/08\/does-crying-make-you-feel-better\/crying06\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8973\" title=\"Crying06\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/crying-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/crying-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/crying-1024x970.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many women may find that having a good cry makes them feel better.\u00a0 The occasional cry even seems cathartic.\u00a0 However, this does not seem to be the case, as <a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2011\/08\/01\/study-crying-wont-make-you-feel-better\/\">TIME HEALTHLAND<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Recent research has shed some light on the subject of \u201creleasing it all\u201d in a good cry. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/journals\/cd\/17_6_inpress\/rottenberg.pdf\">study<\/a> found that for two-thirds of its female participants shedding tears had no effect on their moods.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Rottenberg head author of the study, published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/wps\/find\/journaldescription.cws_home\/622897\/description\">J<em>ournal of Research in Personality<\/em><\/a>, states, \u201cCrying is not nearly as beneficial as people think it is.\u00a0 Only a minority of crying episodes were associated with mood improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel ladies.\u00a0 If you think that a good cry will make you feel better then by all means go for it.\u00a0 Research has proven that it won\u2019t make you feel worse and if your mind tells your body that you are releasing stress, frustration, or sadness, then you might have reached the Holy Grail.\u00a0 Using your mind to make your body feel better!<\/p>\n<p>We recently posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/06\/crying-without-tears\/\">blog <\/a>that suggested people who can\u2019t cry have trouble expressing their emotions, which can lead to further frustration, anger, or sadness due to a lack of being understood by others.\u00a0 In this case crying does seem to have a beneficial quality for humans.<\/p>\n<p>Although, this study revealed that crying did not help a woman\u2019s mood, it was also reported that crying did not make them feel worse either.\u00a0 30 percent of the participants reported feeling better after a cry opposed to the 9 percent that reported feeling more sad after they cried.<\/p>\n<p>Crying can make you feel better but it can also turn off the opposite sex.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/01\/womens-tears-turn-men-off\/\">past blog<\/a> research revealed that women\u2019s tears turn men off.\u00a0 So, in essence it is a double edged sword; crying may make you feel better but it can have the opposite effect on others.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of all this “crying” research?\u00a0 Is it good, bad or do you feel\u00a0 indifferent to it?<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/07\/28\/7190543-crying-shame-tears-dont-make-you-feel-any-better-study-shows&a=50161289&rid=3a063c1a-6b1e-4bd1-85fb-88d9d74790d1&e=be65763363761be4fd5cf945d6512b7d\">A good cry doesn’t make you feel any better, study says<\/a> (bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=3a063c1a-6b1e-4bd1-85fb-88d9d74790d1\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many women may find that having a good cry makes them feel better.\u00a0 The occasional cry even seems cathartic.\u00a0 However, this does not seem to be the case, as TIME HEALTHLAND reports. Recent research has shed some light on the subject of \u201creleasing it all\u201d in a good cry. 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