You have 3 different kinds of tears. Basal tears lubricate your eyeball. Reflex tears protect your eyes against irritants, such as onions, and foreign objects or blows. Then there are emotional tears (I don't know if that's the scientific word for it, or not). Emotional tears contain 20-25 percent more protein, including various hormones. Some scientists think tears are a way for the body to get rid of wastes, as is sweating or defecation. If the chemicals associated with stress did not discharge at all, they would build up to toxic levels that could weaken the body's immune system and other biological processes. The reason people will frequently report feeling better after a well-placed cry is doubtless connected to the discharge of stress-related proteins; some of the proteins excreted in tears are even associated with the experience of physical pain, rendering weeping a physiologically pain-reducing process. One major stress hormone released from the body via tears, prolactin, is found in much higher concentration in women's bodies than in men's. Levels of prolactin in the body correlate positively with frequency of emotional crying. Other scientists believe that crying is a useless byproduct of the fight or flight response of a person in distress.
2007-03-09 06:19:07
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answered by psychgrad 7
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When someone is really upset and is holding strong emotions inside they will cry and stress, fustration, depression......ect. I am sure there are more reasons people cry but they are some.
2007-03-09 05:19:33
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answered by Anonymous
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I dont know why I cry sometimes. We cry for good things or bad, for happy and sad, for emotional release, even when we feel angry. Sometimes you can't even name a feeling or mood and we cry so its very individual
2007-03-09 05:16:19
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answered by nylatinanurse 5
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Nobody can possibly know all the reasons ?
2007-03-09 05:12:08
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answered by Anonymous
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happy, sad, depressed, angry, hurt, emotional, I MEAN I CAN GO ON &ON BOUT WHY PEOPLE CRY!!!! I'M CRYING BECAUSE U ASKED THAT DUMB *** QUESTION!!! DIG A HOLE & BURY UR SELF
2007-03-09 05:12:59
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answered by Whitnie B 1
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sad, too happy, mad, worry, hurt and depress
2007-03-09 05:10:13
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answered by Anonymous
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