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Cherie Lee's avatar

The science is fascinating! I love that we are actually crying out our stress - that makes so much sense. Wow! Thank you for this, Victoria!

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Janine De Tillio Cammarata's avatar

Different types of tears to release stress, express emotions and protect the eyes.

I assume the overflow and intensity of tears are the reasons for the swollen eyes, red nose and Broken blood vessels?

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Victoria's avatar

Non-medic, ex scientist ponderings - it's all physiological biological body-responses.

FYI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201288/

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Lily Pond's avatar

Great article! Thanks for compiling this fascinating list of the science and art behind tears. Fascinating!

I remember reading about the release of stress through crying in the book "Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them" by Tina Gilbertson, and since then I gave myself permission to cry as much as I need and want.

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