Why Only Humans Cry ?

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     A person is unable to speak, he cries for his needs, such as food, and other necessities, when he is hungry, or he even cries to express his distress. When a person leaves the world, his loved ones mourn his passing. Crying is a means of expressing various emotional states and it is the name of natural behavior.                                                                                                                                                                     Scientists are not very sure about why a person cries. Charles Darwin once said, “Tears that flow in emotion have no purpose.” 

Today, one hundred and fifty years later, weeping over emotion is one of the wonders of the human body. Although some other species shed tears in case of pain, discomfort, or anxiety, it is only human beings whose eyes are flooded with any feeling.                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Why does this happen?

Researchers on this subject usually focus more on emotional feelings than on biological processes. Edwinger Hoyts, a professor at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, writes that if a butterfly is found in a person's stomach, it may not be surprising or interesting to scientists, but to feel like love.                                                                                                                                                                            Remember that Professor Edwinger Hoyts is also famous for his book” Why Only Humans Cry?“ Crying is not only a sign of sadness, as Professor Edwinger Hoyts and other experts point out, but it is a process of a series of different emotions and feelings, from empathy to surprise and anger to grief.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          When we fall in love with someone, the weather inside us becomes very beautiful, which only we know, but tears are something that is also visible to others. This is the new awareness that has come to the attention of researchers looking for reasons to cry.                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                            For centuries, people thought that tears are born in the heart. It was a popular theory in the 1600s that emotions, especially love, warm the heart. To moderate this heat, the heart produces water vapor and from the heart, these vapors rise to the top of the head and reach the eyes, become thick, and flow in the form of tears.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Finally, in 1662, Nelson Stepson, a Danish scientist, discovered that the source of tears was actually a gland called “lacrimal.” It was only after this discovery that scientists began to think about the evolutionary benefits of this liquid that comes out of the eyes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stepson's theory was that tears are just a way to keep eyes moist. In his book, Professor Wenger Hoyts mentions eight comparative theories.                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                              Theories :      Some of them are ridiculous. Like the 1960s theory, humans are an evolutionary form of water gorillas, and tears helped them survive in the saltwater.                                                                                                                                                              Other theories, without any evidence, suggest that crying is a way to get rid of the waste products in the body that is produced as a result of emotional or mental stress.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This theory was proposed in 1985 by William Frey, a biochemist. Evidence, however, seems to support some more new theories, one of which is speculation that triggers tears are social relations and human relationships.                                                                                                                                                                   The man starts crying from an early age, so that he can connect with other human beings, around him. When we come into this world, we are physically disabled and helpless regarding getting our necessities, such as food.                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                   Although we are able to meet our needs over time, we still need support from time to time as we grow older. Especially in those emotional moments when we find ourselves lonely and helpless, we can't ignore the need for support.                                                                                                                                                                Jonathan Rosenberg, a professor of psychology and human emotion at the University of South Florida,“Crying means that a person is trying to tell other people that he or she is in trouble or that he or she is in a major emotional conflict,”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                He also found evidence that the tears that come out of emotions are different from the tears that come out of the eyes when peeling onions.                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             In addition, enzymes (a type of protein found in all living things and activating a specific biochemical reaction), enzymes (biochemistry), metabolites, and electrolytes (a substance)                                                                                                                                             Emotional tears have a higher protein content than tears caused by solutions that have the ability to transmit electrical current.                                                                                                                          But what is the meaning of all these things and ideas? This is the question that is now drawing the attention of all researchers. “We don, 't know anything about people who don, 't cry at all,”says Michael Trimble, one of the world's leading researchers on the subject of “crying.”                                                                                                                                                                              Does the question arise that if tears are just as important in human relationships, then do those who never cry have fewer social connections?                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Yes, numerous surveys and researches support this basic point. Research so far suggests that crying may be a means to an end and that crying is not necessarily an unhealthy thing.                                                                                                                                              In practice, there is evidence that crying has a positive effect on health. But despite this, the tradition continues that crying is an antidote to the toxic effects of the body due to the intensity of emotions.                                                                                                                                                                                                        After studying the articles, they found that 94% of people believed that crying is good for the body and mind while stopping, or drinking tears has bad effects on health.                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                 Rottenberg” interprets this analysis as just a fairy tale. On the other hand, researchers on the subject have found evidence that crying in emotional moments is good because it makes a person feel better.                                                                                                                The dust that accumulates inside comes out. Therefore, it is said that it is better to weep and get rid of the dust inside oneself than to drink the tears and drown in them.                                                

                                                                                                              On the other hand, when the “Adventurous” and their colleagues checked the moods of the people after an interval of about an hour and a half instead of showing them a sad film and immediately analyzing their moods, people cried while watching the film.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           He said that he was feeling more emotionally refreshed now than before watching the movie. Once we have determined the benefits of crying, it will be an effective way to recover from the emotional turmoil.