why and how do we cry?
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Why?  -  Because it a state of expression of feelings. You can cry of joy or sadness.\n\nHow?  -  Hiccup cry, laugh cry, just cry - there are many ways to cry.
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Yea and nuttin is wrong with crying but u cant jus sit around and feel depressed and miserable bcuz there is soo much out there for u.\nU need to get out and hav some fun...cryin is a teporary thing its not needed everyday...dnt feel sry for urself and be patient. Time heals all wounds!
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You are mistaken when you say that no other living being does. What you are asking is 'why do humans laugh and cry in a human fashion?'\n\nIt is thought that these activities are rooted in primitive communication that is built into us. The 'purpose' of laubhing and crying (like blushing) is to communicate to others of our kind our emotional state. And it isn't a willed communication except by really good actors. It's sort of like sneezing. Sneezing makes a sound secondary to it's purpose, but the result can communicate our status to others. So, while laughing and crying are built into us, they may have no other purpose than the one they are left with (not like sneezing which clears the nose). It's thought that such instinctual forms of communication are more honest than verbal communication is and has come to be an expression of fittness to breed simply because, as a result of an emotional response that is of a higher complexity than, say blinking, it shows a well developed and functional genome to a potential mate. Consider how off-putting it would be to see an emotionally neutral person, or one who just laughs or cries at meaningless moments.\n\nThe other idea is that it binds us into a community. That we laugh and cry in teams and groups. That is helps us in the way that wolves howling together helps them cohere as a pack.\n\nThis idea says that birds sing, monkeys hoot and pigeons coo simply as a group identity thing.
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WOW dats a tuff question... simple.. nuttin big...even tho i dunt want anyone to b sad its really hard not for someone to cry at a funeral... bcuz thy kno dat thy jus lost someone so dear to dem i thy wont ever get dem back.. so its normal to cry at a funeral.. its not lik we can turn on and off our emotions... dats a hard thing to do.. amotions jus come u dunt plan it to.. dats how were made to...
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Crying is a natural thing and sometimes it 's healthy to cry.\nConcerning the embarrassing side of the fact i think everyone has the right to be ridiculous or act as an idiot.\n\nAll you can do during this time is waiting for the tears to dry or move away...
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There is no generally accepted reason why human beings laugh. We do know that it is tied to crying from brain injuries that have resulted in people suddenly crying or laughing for no reason. The area of the brain that controls this is relatively small and the injuries are rarely the same making study of the actual mechanism difficult.
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Crying is not a bad thing. You need to get your feelings out. Everyday that goes by, it will be less. Everyone goes through that feeling eventually. Talk to someone you can trust and that always helps me.
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Probably because something is bothering you.\n\nMaybe in your love life???\nThat was the problem for me.\n\nOr it could be you are depressed about something.\n\nHave you talked to your friends about this I mean maybe they have noticed changes in your life you haven't really noticed and maybe they can help yuo figure it out.\n\nI hope you don't have to cry anymore. it sucks to cry although it feels good to let all your upset and hurt feelings out.
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Men don't understand a womans emotional being. I cry all the time for no reason (i am pregnant though) but if you really look at it how good does it feel to cry, DAMN GOOD! i believe it helps me stay sane. keeps me balanced, if i couldn't cry for no reason than i would cry for every other reason, which i don't because i cry for no reason, does that make sense? i think that yes it shows a sign of strength that you can cause yourself to be most vulnerable, because really nobody makes themselves vulnerable, they always wait for somebody else to. and I am completely Happy with myself and not depressed. i just think that crying is good for your soul.
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When somebody cries? Is it? The study about someone crying?
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Crying or weeping: Is increased lacrimation due to strong emotional stress or pain. This practice is not restricted to negative emotions; many people have been known to cry when extremely happy. In humans, emotional tears can be accompanied by reddening of the face and sobbing — cough-like, convulsive breathing, sometimes involving spasms of the whole upper body. Tears brought about by emotions have a different chemical make up than those for lubrication. \n\n\nSome claim that humour cannot or should not be explained. Author E. B. White once said that "Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind." However, attempts to do just that have been made, as follow.
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Our eyes look red when we are about to cry as well!
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honey, it's okay to cry. it's healthy to show your feelings and emotions. believe or not you are communicating. life throws challenges and it's up to us to decide how we handle it. for me, my best advice is fight back, u can control this. if someone calls u a crybaby, that's selfish on their part. u are telling him how u feel and that counts. if they tell u, u shouldn't be feeling the way you're feeling that selfish for their part. I say show your true feeling, take control of the situation, and be assertive. once you have the "assertion" then u can handle life a lot better.
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There are two possible reasons for tears to be released when you yawn. \nThe tears are secreted by the "lacrimal glands" located just inside the eye \nlids next to the nose. These glands secrete the fluid into the "lacrimal bag" \nwhere it is then released through the "lacrimal ducts" into the lining of the \neye lids to keep the eye moist.\n\nWhen you yawn it is possible that there is pressure put on the "lacrimal \nbag" and some fluid is forced out. \n\nThe secretion of the "lacrimal glands" is under control of the autonomic \nnervous system. This nervous system controls all the involuntary functions \nas contrasted to the somatic nervous system that controls all purposeful \nactions. When you reach out to catch a ball it is the somatic system that \nactivates the muscles to acheive that action. The autonomic system \ncontrols such things as the heart beat, sweating and the function of the \nintestines.\n\nWhen the autonomic portion of the nerves are activated the "lacrimal \ngland" secretes the tears which appear at the eye. These nerves also \ncause the pupil of the eye to constrict and get small as well as to cause\nthe glands in the nose to secrete. So, when you are crying you get tears,\na watery nose and your pupils should constrict. Perhaps the act of \nyawning causes activation of these nerves. Next time you yawn look in \nthe mirror and see it your pupils get small. But don't get too close to the \nmirror because when you look at things close to you the pupils get smaller \nanyway.
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Have a good cry.......
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Crying is an art perfected by the release of tears to express inward frustration of an individual.When under water all the body fuculties will act normally adopting to the new underworld environment.When you psychologically feel the essence to let it out,i.e cry,you`ll definately do that and this time round your frustration will not be expressed by tears but by facial expression owing to the fact that water will definately dilute the visibility of any tears due to it`s volume.
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Take a poll and ask 50 girls when was the last time they cried.... then ask 50 guys.... I'm pretty sure that if answered honestly your answer would be there.  Girls have a social norm where they are allowed to whine and cry. Most guys were taught to be tough or to stop crying.  If not by parents then by other peers.