WHY DO PEOPLE CRY?

 Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state in humans. 

When most of the people crying from happiness

• Weddings
• Bhirtday parties
• Your kids school plays
• When it gets a new house or car
• Graduation

when most of the people crying from sadness

• Death
• Cheating
• Emotional film
• War
• Disease

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• According to the German Society of Ophthalmology,
• which has collated different scientific studies on crying,
• women cry on average between 30 and 64 times a year
• Men tend to cry for between two and four minutes, 
• and women cry for about six minutes. 

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• Whether as an infant or an adult,crying is usually a request to  
• connect with and be comforted by someone else—a parent, friend, 
• or stranger. We expect that crying will prompt that person to come to 
• our aid. Even if no one else is around, 
• crying is still an expression of that desire.

How Crying Can Make You Healthier

• There are many interesting findings in this article 
• including the fact that men cry seven times a year 
• whereas women cry at least 47 times a year.
• Other bits include:

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• 20 % of bouts of crying last longer than 30 minutes 
• 6 - 8pm is the most common time for crying 
• 8.8 % feel better after a cry 
• While women cry more than men, tearful males are