 Benedict Carey has written a great article in The New York Times that explores the commonly held psycholocical wisdom of crying as a healthy catharsis.
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Link to read The Muddled Tracks of All Those Tears
Having a “good cry” can and usually does allow people to recover some mental balance after a loss. But not always and not for everyone, argues a review article in the current issue of the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. Placing such high expectation on a tearful breakdown most likely sets some people up for emotional confusion afterward.
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Source: The New York Times
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