348. The science behind why a tactical cry is good for you (and crying to sad music too)
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
For those of you who love to put on a sad movie or song, and crying it out, there is evidence out there that shows this is good for you. In today's episode, I talk about what happens when we cry (emotional) tears, what chemicals and hormones are released, why you shouldn't suppress your emotions and what emotional crying can do for your overall wellbeing.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my beautiful beans and welcome to the episode of today. So in today's episode, we're going to be talking about crying and why a strategic cry can actually be good for you. There is quite a bit to talk about and the difference between, we're going to be talking about the difference between reflex tears or basal tears. That's tears that you produce just to keep the eye, |
| 0:22.8 | you know, lubricated or if something flies into your eye versus emotional tears, they're |
| 0:27.1 | actually different and they contain different shit in it. We're going to talk about what gets |
| 0:31.3 | released when you cry. We're going to talk about what's going on in the brain when you cry, |
| 0:35.5 | why it's good for you to have a strategic cry. We're going to talk about when you cry to sad music, all of that. We're going to |
| 0:41.7 | talk about the good and we're going to talk about the potential bad as well. So you get a really |
| 0:46.1 | good understanding about crying and how it can actually be quite therapeutic for you if done |
| 0:50.8 | in the right way. So I'm very excited to talk about that. The brain fact is also a very, |
| 0:55.9 | very heavily requested brain fact, surprisingly enough. And we're going to be doing the brain |
| 0:59.8 | fact on EMDR. But before we go into the brain fact, I thought I'd give a little life update. |
| 1:06.9 | It's not even a life update. I just thought I'd give you a little recommendation on something. So |
| 1:10.7 | I actually finished reading this book a while ago, but I thought I would recommend it to you. |
| 1:18.5 | And the reason I thought about it is because it was on one of my friends stories the other day. |
| 1:22.6 | She actually has a podcast as well, Psychology of your 20s, Gemma. I saw it on her stories and I'm like, fuck, babe, this is such a good book. |
| 1:28.9 | Like, forgot about it. |
| 1:29.9 | I need to tell my audience about it. |
| 1:31.2 | And it is the Midnight Library. |
| 1:33.0 | So if you want an easy but very deep and thoughtful read and it makes you feel, it makes |
| 1:38.7 | you ask yourself all these really important questions and kind of take a look at where |
| 1:42.5 | you are in your life. |
| 1:43.3 | It helps you to be more present and more grateful. |
| 1:45.5 | It's a great read. |
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