Why do we cry? some advice please?

Question

does it depend upon our sensibility?

is there just one type of crying?

for how long is it considered as normal crying?

what had been some of the worst reasons you cried?

Answer 1

1.  I think it does, as well as the way you are raised.  Some people raise their kids to let them cry and other won't allow it or punish it. But yah, I think it does have something to do with you're emotional level as well, some people are just genetically more emotional than others.

2.  No- I think there are a few different kinds....like crying because you're happy!  Or perhaps you have hurt yourself physically, and the tears come without control but it's not like you are wailing like a baby. And then theres the type of crying where you've been hurt so bad emotionally that you cry so hard you can barely breathe.

3.  I guess it depends on the circumstance.....if you're still crying over an ex a year after the break up then that's not really considered to be "normal." If you burn your hand and start to cry, of course theres gonna come a point where crying would be over-reacting and you need to just move on already.

4.  The worst reason I cried was when my brother died, at the age of 20 from an OD.  That was awful, uncontrollable crying for weeks, crying that could come at the drop of a hat, it was horrible, but time goes on.  I could still cry about it now if I let myself, but I don't anymore, it's not uncontrollable anymore.

Answer 2

There is a reason for everything. We cry when we need human contact, just like a baby does. In the development of the species, it was a signal to others that, "I am so sad I need a hug", sort of. That's why we cry at funerals. It brings people of a like mind together.