Why we should all cry more, the mental & physical health benefits of crying + is there a right way to cry?

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Miss.
0:11.2	Okay, today we're going to talk about crying.
0:14.6	And why crying isn't a sign of weakness, nor vulnerability, that it actually has many,
0:20.6	many neurobiologically effects.
0:23.5	In fact, many psycho neurobiological effects, which means mind, brain and body.
0:29.7	But before we begin, I just want to remind you that this podcast is for educational purposes
0:34.2	only and not medical.
0:35.7	If you need medical advice, please contact the appropriate medical professional.
0:40.3	Back to today's podcast.
0:45.2	Have you ever felt ashamed or tried to suppress your tears when you just really wanted to burst
0:49.8	into tears?
0:50.8	Because maybe you grew up being told, hey, crying is not good for you.
0:54.2	Be a man or be strong or, you know, it's a bit of toxic masculinity there or maybe culturally,
0:59.0	you don't show your tears at the sign of weakness.
1:01.3	Well, I'm pleased to tell you that crying is definitely not a sign of weakness, nor vulnerability.
1:07.1	It is a complex human behaviour, a universal complex human behaviour that has a murid of
1:15.2	psycho neurobiological effects.
1:18.5	Interestingly though, even though it's such an important and universal phenomenon, there's
1:24.3	been very little research on crying and on tears per se.
1:28.4	And it's only in recent years that crying has actually had more tension in the research.
1:33.5	And I think it will continue from now on.
1:35.5	But I want to just bring some of the latest research to you because I get a lot of questions
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