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the body's pressure valve, leaking proof that you cared more than you meant to
means The act of shedding tears, usually accompanied by sobbing or sniffling, in response to strong emotion such as sadness, joy, pain, or frustration.
from From Old French 'crier' (to shout, announce, beg), which traces back to Latin 'quiritare' — to wail or shriek, possibly meaning 'to call out for the citizens (Quirites)' for help. So the word began as a loud public cry for aid and only later softened into the private leaking of tears; the noisy plea and the quiet weep share the same throat.
- three types
- Basal, reflex, and emotional tears differ chemically
- stress relief
- Emotional tears contain stress hormones being flushed out
- human exclusive
- Humans are the only animals that cry from feelings
- contagious
- Seeing others cry triggers your own tear response
- newborn fakeout
- Babies wail tearless for their first weeks
niagara falls — waterfall on the us-canada border producing 750,000 gallons of water per second
the shining scene — jack nicholson's breakdown in kubrick's 1980 horror film, repeatedly called out for its raw emotional crying
philippa soo hamilton — broadway actress whose performance of 'it never went away' in dear evan hansen won tony for crying on stage