Research suggests that crying is not a sign of weakness, but one of the most sophisticated social technologies in the natural world.

Crying is a natural response to a wide variety of emotions, ranging from extreme sadness to extreme happiness. Since the ancient era, crying has been regarded as a natural phenomenon that helps ...

Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / AJR_photo. That box of tissues isn’t just for mopping up your emotions—those tears you’ve been holding back at work, in traffic, or during that commercial with the ...

In a modern landscape that often prizes stoicism and views emotional restraint as a hallmark of personal strength, the ...

In 2013, researchers led by Paul Rozin, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper on “hedonic reversal,” a form of “benign masochism” in which people take pleasure ...

A recent study published in Collabra: Psychology has found that the emotional benefits of crying depend heavily on the reasons behind the tears. While people often assume that a good cry provides ...

Crying is often misunderstood or played down as a childish emotion or tantrum. For some, it feels like a loss of control. For others, a release they secretly rely on. In a culture that still equates ...

A sweet rescue dog named Blanche was crying constantly because her world had turned upside down. And Rose Waldrup, the ...

Many women in the workplace go to great lengths to avoid crying in front of coworkers. From slinking off to the bathroom to internally telling themselves to “buck up,” there’s a sense that crying in a ...