What use are tears?

Question

we have our faces to express our feeling, then wot use are tears. waste of water i say! Any other emotion is expressed through facial expressions then why does sadness have a form of its own?

when I say sadness has a form of its own I mean it is expressed through tears more often then facial expressions, so naturally tears are most commonly associated with sadness!
And replying to Peggy m I'd just like to say read my question it says what use are tears not what other emotions use them!
Furthermore what is the need for tears when we have facial expressions and our voices to express the emotions??
I certainly like your answer jach v. thnx

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Answer 1

when you said sadness has a form of its own, what do you mean, can you expound more on that.

Answer 2

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a "waste of water," but to explain the physiology of tears, & to further define them as an emotional release or cleansing, is pushing the envelope.
Sadness (grief) is coped with differently by individuals. In my experience, I've known many people who have NEVER cried from sadness, regardless of the degree of the tragedy. They don't even show their emotions, but find "closure" in solitude.
When sadness is shared, & one starts to weep, they all weep, compounding & perpetuating the emotions. My personal feelings are that "this" is a waste. It accomplishes nothing. But my personal feelings aren't at issue here.
I've also observed that people who cry easily are more likely to "fall apart" when their strength, & calm is most needed. Based on one's subjectivity, those who don't understand the lack of need to cry will call this "bottling up," "denial," or lack of sensitivity. Nothing could be further from the truth. Clouds are a poor analogy for the ways that humans deal with their emotions.
johan h>You forgot tears from laughter, & needn't have been so insulting.
Just calm down, & accept: Some people cry, & some do not. However, I've seen that those who use inner resources accomplish healing far more quickly. To each his own, but for goodness sake, don't try to confirm your "opinions" by erroneous explanations.

Answer 3

The tears we cry when emotional have a different chemical content to the tears our eyes produce to lubricate themselves with. The emotional tears contain a cocktail of hormones and so on we produce to ease our own pain. When we cry, we also produce certain endorphins which have the same effect and similar composition to morphine and reduce pain and distress. If you have ever been unlucky enough to spend days crying through severe trauma, grief or pain, there comes a point when you achieve a kind of quietness that is very odd, almost like being high. This is due to the morphia like hormones our own bodies produce to ease our suffering but they are only produced when we weep.
Any help?

Answer 4

If there would be something so deep and natural in the heart that could not be expressed in words, as words might melt and sentence might lose their structure, then may be tears are the best remedy. May be there are certain things that cannot be explained in words, as they are not for any one else to understand. If tears are something then what are the gentle and innocent crackles of laughter of a young child, or smile upon the countenance of a wise person. They what is the use morning dew that sits upon blades of grass and softest petals flowers pearls shining the beams of early sun; and their brief sojourns to morn the darkly deeds of the past night, and at the same time, to welcome the coming of a brightest day, for tear also come when happiness cannot be contained.

There are things in this world still present as they were long before there were any words, or there was any need to understand and know all things; a time when there was faith in its simplest form, when people used to know either fear of gods or simple delights of living without ever bothering to know why they were afraid, and why they need to please their gods to dispel such fears. Teas are the remnants of that bygone age, the age of wordless thoughts, and questionless knowledge. Tears are thus the symbols of our long-lived and often forgotten faith in ourselves; that we are true to ourselves before anything else.

Then if when we are the only ones who endure, then we would be the only ones to understand, what perhaps we already understand too well, what is the use of words, mere expressions of our needs to we have in common? Next time you see tears try not to understand, and if you have them yourself know that someone across the ages remembers you, someone you thought you left behind in the misty valleys of your distant past.

Answer 5

Tears cleanse the eyes, moisten the eyes so your eyelids don't stick to your eyeballs while blinking.

FYI: there are 13 different solutions of which tears are made depending on the reason for them. So the body must have at least 13 separate reasons for needing tears.

Wiki says there are basal, reflexive and psychic tears.

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Answer 6

Tears are the body's way of cleaning dust,debris, foreign bodies from the eye. When you wake and find 'sleep' in the corner of your eyes - that is formed from tears, as tears contain salt, the water evaporates and leaves the salty deposit as 'sleep'. But I cant answer the fact of why they are associated with showing sadness.

Answer 7

Tears keep the eyeballs moist. ANY strong emotion may produce an over production of tears.. not just sadness.

Answer 8

Tears are there to wash off the sadness from your heart. As you cry, you release your innermost pain or anger. It's one healthy way of an outlet so that the burdens we keep are lessened. See the clouds as they try to contain the weight of moisture they've accumulated from below?...They get darker as they go heavier. Then when the thickened moisture gets released as it rains, they're as bright and clear again. This is true to us too. And this is why we need to cry sometimes.

Answer 9

I know, sadness can come out the nose and everything, especially when little kids really go at it crying--they mess up everything everywhere! If a little kid can cry that hard just 'cause you're going to work or something, why can't an adult cry just as hard for his or her sadness?
Though it's mighty tough to let the guards down that low...

Answer 10

Actually, tears carry nutrients to the iris and cornea of the eye. Why they continued to evolve is a good question. But several other mamals have voluntary control over their lachrimal ducts as well.

Doug

Answer 11

Human tears have certain antidepressants in them, so when you're sad and you cry, you're body's trying to cheer you up, so to speak. When you "cry when you're happy", like at a wedding or something, you might also be feeling sadness that you're body tries to combat, or there could be other chemicals in your tears that your body is releasing, so your happiness or other emotions don't get all bottled up.