Why do women tend to get more emotional than men? What can a husband do to cheer up his sad wife?

Answer 1

I guess we are all built differently emotionally speaking but women tend to feel very emotional too depending on the amount of estrogen in the body and hormones tends to make women more emotional too... it is not fun at times for anyone especially the woman who feels maybe not herself either and cannot explain it. So cheering her up might not be easy but you can try to take her mind off what ever is bothering her. If life is stressful then bring in dinner or suprise her and take her out. Write her a little love letter or a poem... :-) ( she might promise not to tell the guys...lol)
Sometimes giving her the time to cry is good too... ask her if she wants you to stay or does she want some time to herself.
Tell her that you love her and you want to help in anyway you can.
Go for a walk with her, or get her a little gift that is personal.. a little locket or something special that she might like.. or even a little vase with flowers.
Kind words are always best.

Answer 2

Emotions can be derived from many different sources and for many different reasons. The most important thing for any man to do is listen. Urge her to talk and REALLY LISTEN! Take her in your arms, let her cry, make suggestions to help and one should be, "let`s get you to the doctor and talk to him/her about this".
Women are emotional creatures by nature anyway. If this is a new onset of severe emotions, is she going through menopause?
I am going through that now and can cry at the drop of a hat. I ended up going to a counselor and they put me on an anti-depressant for awhile. It helped. As I said, there can be many causes for this. A doctor can help determine why it is happening, whether it is a hormone imbalance or possibly something deeper.
Get her the help that is needed and in the meantime, talk to her but more important, listen and give her all the affection that she needs. She`ll love you all the more for it!!!

Answer 3

Men and women are emotional creatures, but our culture dictates that an emotional man must be a weakling or less masculine than other men.

Women, on the other hand have always been allowed to express their feelings, as they were once considered the weaker sex.

Actually, it's quite healthy to cry and express feelings. Women share their feelings easily with other women there by gaining support and understanding.

It's a shame men must put on macho aires to repress all those feelings. Your personal emotional burden is never as heavy to others as it is to you.. Talking and sharing the problems with a good friend or in a group situatiion will lighten your load.

Answer 4

-Look at her diet and environment.
- Try Omega-3s.
Depression is often rooted in a chemical imbalance. Chemical balance is tied to hormonal balance since hormones are just chemicals that 'talk' or send messages to other parts of the body. Many things in our society mimic female hormones (pesticides, plastic polymers, prescription drugs and others). These fake of 'xenoestrogens' fill the estrogen receptors but don't actually do the job that real estrogens. One thing big they can throw off is Omega-3 balance. Omega-3s are also greatly lacking in most peoples' diets. Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid vital to numerous mental and physical functions.
I know this sounds odd but fish and fish oil have been shown to have profound positive effects of mood. (Vegetarian sources of Omega aren't as good.)
Depression feels and seems like just an attitude issue but looking at the nutritional and chemical aspects can reveal a host of possibilities.
My advice would be to help your wife add some helpful things to her diet or to supplement with things to assist her mood and to help her examine all the things in her life that could be giving her these xenoestrogens. (Never re-use a disposable plastic bottle more than once, for instance. )
I hope she gets better. She's definitely lucky to have a husband who cares.
Good Luck:-)

Answer 5

women are more emotional than men. They go by their feelings,
men go by what they see.
The best thing you can do if your wife is depressed is to LISTEN.
Her thoughts, her fears, her dreams, she needs to know your
are there to support her. Sit on the couch and give her a hug,
an embrace, hold her, let her feel needed, that her opinion counts. This is important to us.

Surprise her - bring her flowers, take her to dinner to her favorite
place. Write little love notes - be creative.

It isn't all sex. Women need that romance, that I love you's.

It's basically a hormonal thing. Is she going through menopause?
Believe me, if I had a man who loved me and showed it - I would
dance for joy!

We all need to know we matter. Take it from there...

Answer 6

Wife or not, if someone tends to get depressed, "cheering them up" is an exercise in futility. It's not what's "out there" that's making them happy or sad, it's what's going on in their head.

Answer 7

Hormones play with our bodies in strange ways. Just support her and love her through it. She can talk to her doctor for professional help if things are real bad suggest it to her and then go with her for the added support.