We've all been there: watching a movie when suddenly your eyes well up, or hearing a song that sends tears streaming down ...

Q: Is it possible to control crying? I cry when I’m sad, when I’m mad and even when I’m happy. It feels uncontrollable and it’s incredibly frustrating. Sometimes it’s even embarrassing, especially ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...

Waking up crying can be a puzzling experience and, in some cases, deeply emotional. From the perspective of spirituality and ...

After Michael Harwell’s wife died of brain cancer two years ago, he learned to embrace the grieving process by relishing 56 years worth of memories from his marriage, and sharing them with friends.

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Hi, I'm Jess, and I'm a crier. I cry at anything. A car advert with a particularly nice family in it, an especially rousing Elbow song, the overwhelmingly emotional BBC News countdown. I don't mind ...

All babies cry, but if a young baby cries a lot, it can be very distressing and tiring for parents who may wonder why their baby is crying, even if a baby has just been fed and has a clean diaper. If ...