Psychologist Kapil investigated 137 people and divided them into healthy group and sick group. The patients are ulcer and colitis, which are closely related to mental stress. The results showed that the healthy group cried more times than the sick group, and felt much better after crying. Further research found that when people are depressed, they will produce some bioactive substances that are harmful to the human body. When crying, these harmful chemicals will be excreted with tears, thus effectively reducing the concentration of harmful substances and relieving tension. Studies have shown that when people cry, their emotional intensity generally decreases by 40%. This explains why I feel much better after crying.
As a common emotional reaction, crying plays an effective protective role in people's psychology. When your spirit is suddenly hit, when you are depressed, you might as well cry. Don't hold back your tears, it will aggravate your depression and make you sick. Strong negative emotions make you have a high degree of psychological tension, and when this tension is suppressed by you and cannot be released, it will inevitably become an accumulated energy, thus causing the disorder of the body's autonomic nervous system function. Over time, it will cause physical and mental health damage and promote the occurrence and deterioration of certain diseases. Crying can provide an outlet to release energy, relieve psychological tension and emotional stress, thus effectively avoiding or reducing the occurrence and development of such diseases.
American biochemist Ferrer believes that people who don't cry when they are sad are harmful to health and belong to chronic effects. His investigation found that the prevalence rate of people who don't cry for a long time is twice that of those who cry. For this reason, we have reason to believe that crying is healthy. Crying caused by emotional changes is a natural reaction process of the body and does not need restraint. Especially when you are depressed.