It's Okay to Cry

It's okay to cry, trust me. I cry a lot. Sometimes over stupid situation and other times over very serious situations. You can call me a "cry baby", I really don't care. Crying helps me relieve stress. I feel one hundred times better after I cry.

I keep things bottled up sometimes, which only makes the cries more intense. Sometimes their quiet and only a couple tears fall, other times they're loud, obnoxious cries with weird breathing and snot coming out of my nose. It's gross, but true.

This may not be a "civil rights" issue. But it's definitely a social situation that puts stress on men and women. I feel like when women are in touch with their emotions and choose to cry, they're seen as drama queens. Or attention seekers. It's annoying. Sometimes you start to cry and you can't stop, you can't choose where you're going to cry sometimes and that's okay.

Crying is also tough for boys and men in today's world. When men cry, they can be perceived as wimps. For any reason. It's not wimpy for men to cry, it's healthy. One cannot simply go about their life without expressing sadness and heartache. It's a part of life, deal with it. Men who can connect with their emotions and who can express them are not any less masculine than a guy who scowls all day and wears "bro-tanks" to school.

Crying also has multiple health benefits.

It relieves stress! I don't think this will come as a big surprise, but crying helps to relieve stress and release pent up emotions. Even if the circumstances of that situation are still the same, having a good cry allows to you to "come to terms" with it, in a way.

Crying actually releases toxins from your body! Of course, tears that are sparked by irritants help to get rid of the irritant from your eye. But tears that are sparked from stress help your body get rid of nasty chemicals that can raise cortisol (stress hormone) levels.

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stay peaceful (and have a good cry)