5 reasons why crying is good for your health
Terrible PMS? A week on a diet and you haven't lost a single gram?
Bad working day? Did you catch him sexting with someone else? Well, free yourself and cry all your tears, because crying is good, both psychologically and metabolically: here's why.
And if you haven't let yourself go for a while, check out this video:
1. Crying eliminates excess toxins
Like a diuretic herbal tea, or sweating after a bit of healthy fitness, crying also helps eliminate excess toxins from our body. In practice, then, the purifying ones are not onion tears (which you can also eliminate today) , but those triggered by an intense emotion! In fact, these would contain more hormones produced by stress, so they would be more purifying than the others!
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2. tears are good for the eyes
Tears have the ability to prevent dehydration of the mucous membranes of the eyes. Those who use contact lenses know perfectly well the value of tears in this regard. Tears lubricate the eyes, which is a useful factor in maintaining good vision at all times.
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3. Crying strengthens the immune system
Incredible but true: tears contain lysozyme, an enzyme that is also found in saliva and which is used to fight bacteriological activity. Lysozyme is abundantly secreted in the body regions most exposed to contact with pathogens and crying, and therefore producing it, would awaken such an effective part of our immune defenses.
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4. Crying helps to vent emotions
As InsideOut's Sadness promptly taught us, crying means giving vent to negative thoughts and emotions which, once released, stop hindering our good mood. Tears are the result of an emotional release that we objectively need and work as a natural anesthetic (crying releases two types of hormones called opiates and oxytocin that have the ability to calm). By relieving pain, they perform a healing function. This is where that sense of relief and renewed strength and confidence comes from, which only a good cry can guarantee.
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5. With shared tears empathy is unleashed and intimacy is strengthened
We are empathetic, and never indifferent to the cry of those around us. Crying with someone fuels bonding, empathy and intimacy. Sharing strong feelings and emotions is beneficial for the human being, responding to pain with compassion is natural, and feeling part of something together intensifies trust in others: let us cry!
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Even a true heroine cries. Look at them here, each of them got up after a healthy cry:
