Many of us were taught as a young child that boys don’t cry and as men we often bury our feelings in an attempt to conform to social pressure. However, we now know that the benefits associated with crying include healing and warding off heart disease and reducing pain.
- Crying releases stress. According to Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a highly respected and sought-after cardiologist who has treated and revitalized patients with even the most advanced forms of cardiovascular disease there’s nothing like a good cry when it comes to healing and warding heart disease risk factors. Suppressing tears increases stress levels, which can cause blood pressure to spike and wreak havoc on your nervous and cardiovascular system. Crying frees the heart of muscular tension and rigidity, while enhancing oxygen delivery. The ability to feel emotions deeply, to cry during times of intense sadness and heartbreak, are essential in the prevention of heart disease risk factors. It is important to not allow your stress or emotions to remain bottled up inside you.
- Weight loss from crying? Crying releases toxins that assist your body in ridding itself of chemicals that raise cortisol levels. Controlling cortisol helps you cope with stress. (Cortisol is the hormone that puts fat around your belly, so controlling cortisol could contribute to weight loss.)
- Pain tolerance Our emotional pain tolerance increases after we have cried because tears from emotional crying contain “leucine-enkephalin,” an endorphin which improves mood and reduces pain. Whenever you cry your mental health and your physical body receive the occasional vulnerable state (and euphoria) that emotional crying provides.The feeling of relief we experience after crying allowing us to settle down almost instantly comes from the “feel-good” hormones and neurotransmitters that are released. It feels good to let those tears out and then blow your nose.
- Tears are antibacterial; they detoxify your body. An article published by Medical Daily found that tears (which contain lysozyme) can kill up to 95 percent of bacteria in under 10 minutes!
- Crying improves communication. Babies cry to let us know about their discomfort. Adults, seeing another person’s tears quickly sense the extreme level of anger, frustration or sadness that words fail to convey.
While some prefer to cry alone in the shower, crying is a sign of a kind-hearted sensitive man; not a sign of weakness like you might have been taught as a child. Jesus wept. John 11:35
Like crying, laughing be a tremendous remedy for the heart as laughter helps us breathe deeply and releases tension in our chests. If we laugh hard enough, we may even cry.
In order to restore balance to both your body and mind, it is important that we give ourselves permission to cry and embrace the lacrimation (flow of tears). Crying is not a sign of weakness, but good for our bodies.
Read more on this subject from Suzy Cohen “America’s Most Trusted Pharmacist
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