Don't 持つ／拘留する 支援する - crying really IS good for you

By KATE WIGHTON FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Updated: 02:35 BST, 11 October 2011

The 最新の 一連の the X Factor is taking public bawling to a new level, with 裁判官s Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos, 同様に as the contestants, sobbing through the 業績／成果s.

But is the 明らかにするing of all this emotion a good idea? It seems it is ― last week 研究員s from Indiana University in the U.S. 明らかにする／漏らすd that sportsmen who let themselves have a cry after los ing a match 成し遂げる better in the long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

によれば scientists their 欠如（する） of inhibition is a 調印する of higher levels of self-esteem.

The 最新の 一連の the X Factor is taking public bawling to a new level, with 裁判官 Tulisa Contostavlos sobbing through the 業績／成果s

However, this is not the only 利益 of crying ― 現れるing 証拠 示唆するs shedding a 涙／ほころび can 減ずる アレルギーs, and even lower the 苦痛 of rheumatoid arthritis.?

We talked to the 専門家s to find out why crying could be good for us.

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS?

Some 証拠 示唆するs crying helps 規制する the 免疫の system. In a 熟考する／考慮する in 2006, scientists asked 60 患者s with eczema and an アレルギー to latex to watch the Meryl Streep weepie Kramer vs Kramer. Before and after the film the team placed latex on their 肌, and 手段d the reaction.

Compared with those who remained 乾燥した，日照りの-注目する，もくろむd, volunteers who cried had a 減ずるd 肌 reaction to the latex after the movie. Their 肌 also had lower levels of inflammatory markers called immunoglobulins, which 増加する at the 場所／位置 of an allergic reaction.

And a Japanese 熟考する／考慮する of 患者s with the 自動車-免疫の 病気 rheumatoid arthritis 明らかにする／漏らすd that those who cry easily have いっそう少なく 苦痛 and より小数の symptoms than those with a stiff upper lip.?

Tulisa isn't the only X Factor 裁判官 to cry during a 業績／成果. Kelly Rowland has also been 減ずるd to 涙／ほころびs

血 実験（する）s 明らかにする／漏らすd that すぐに after crying, the levels of 自然に-occurring 免疫の 化学製品s that usually 悪化させる the 条件 were lower, and that the blubberers had better 支配（する）／統制する of their 条件 a year later.

Many 専門家s have pointed to this finding as 証拠 that 涙／ほころびs 行為／法令／行動する as some 肉親，親類d of 解放（する） 弁 ― helping the 団体／死体 to dissipate a build-up of 強調する／ストレス hormones that could さもなければ 害（を与える） the 団体／死体.

Crying is …を伴ってd by activity in our parasympathetic nervous system; its 職業 is to 静める the 団体／死体 after a stressful event, 原因（となる）ing a 減少（する） in heart 率 ― and shedding a 涙／ほころび may encourage this.

Some 熟考する／考慮するs 示唆する crying 増加するs levels of oxytocin ― a いわゆる cuddle hormone ― which 妨げるs the 解放（する） of the 強調する／ストレス hormone cortisol.

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE CRY MORE?

Women 一般に cry more than men. However, it seems both sexes cry 平等に at major life events such as bereavement

Women 一般に cry more than men, explains Professor 広告 Vingerhoets, a psychologist and 主要な 研究員 on crying, based at the University of Tilburg, Holland.

However, it seems both sexes cry 平等に at major life events such as bereavement.

And 熟考する／考慮するs also show that, compared with women, men tend to cry at 肯定的な events 反して 女性（の）s cry at 消極的な ones.

We can mostly 非難する these differences on hormones.

‘The main crying hormone in women is prolactin,’ says Professor Vingerhoets.

Levels of the hormone rise just before and during crying, and 専門家s are divided on its 役割 in crying. Some say it 増加するs empathy in the 観察者／傍聴者 ― interestingly, 熟考する／考慮するs show prolactin rises during pregnancy and stays high in the weeks after giving birth. However, others say that prolactin can also 上げる feelings of helplessness in the person crying. ?

When it comes to men, their hormones may 制限する 涙／ほころびs, as Professor Vingerhoets explains.

‘最近の 研究 示唆するs that testosterone may 現実に inhibit crying ― hence why men cry いっそう少なく. But testosterone levels 減少（する） as men age, which may be why? we have 観察するd that some? men cry more frequently as they get older.’

It is the individual variation in levels of hormones such as testosterone that may explain why some people cry at the 減少（する） of a hat, while others remain 乾燥した，日照りの-注目する，もくろむd.

And によれば Professor Vingerhoets, two personality traits that 特に 決定する whether one person cries more than another are empathy and neuroticism.

The more neurotic a person is, and the more 極度の慎重さを要する they are to other people’s feelings, the more likely they are to cry.

ALCOHOL MAKES ME CRY ― WHY?

Alcohol has the 影響 of making us ‘cry into our beer’ as it 上げるs levels of prolactin. 欠如（する） of sleep also makes us more tearful ― this is because it’s thought to 影響する／感情 the limbic system, the part of the brain that 支配（する）／統制するs emotions.

普通は this is kept under 支配（する）／統制する by another part of the brain, called the forebrain. But sleep loss 減少（する）s the 量 of 支配（する）／統制する that the forebrain has over the emotional brain, and we cry more easily, says Professor Vingerhoets.

CAN ILLNESS MAKE US CRY?

損失 to the limbic system and forebrain can 原因（となる） people to suddenly break 負かす／撃墜する in 涙／ほころびs for no 推論する／理由, 簡単に because they’ve lost 支配（する）／統制する of their emotions.

Known as pathological crying or emotional incontinence, this 苦しめるing symptom is seen in 患者s who have 苦しむd a 一打／打撃 or brain 傷害, or have a 条件 such as Parkinson’s 病気, Alzheimer’s or 多重の sclerosis.

In some 事例／患者s this is thought to be 予定 to 損失 to 決定的な structures in the forebrain, but brain scanning 熟考する／考慮するs are on-going into the exact 原因（となる）, in the hope of developing 治療s.

Indeed, there is still much to understand about crying. Professor Vingerhoets explains that にもかかわらず 存在 論証するd by every person on the 惑星, it is still, 最終的に, a mystery.

‘涙／ほころびs define our 種類 ― and separate us from all other animals, yet science still doesn’t agree on what 機能（する）／行事 it serves.’