Why Do We Cry When We're Sad?

Crying is a universal human response, and often to a multitude of of stimulus. Being hurt, sad, even stubbing your toe! Even happy! But have you ever wondered, why you body cries as a response to your emotions? Find out!

Crying is part of human nature. After all, we’re brought into this world crying, we spend about 3 hours a day crying as infants, and then at some point, we kinda...well, stop. Whether it’s because of social pressure or a culture that condemns crying, lots of people (particularly men) try to stop crying. But what if crying was actually the solution to your problems?

In this video, we’ll guide Brainiard through a full-on crying session, where we examine what exactly tears are in the first place, the different types of tears (that’s right, not all tears are made equal), and the reasons people cry. Then, we’ll go over the benefits of crying, from the physical, to the emotional, to the social! Finally, we’ll even give you some acting tips on how to cry on command, and how to ensure your next cry is a good one (that helps you heal) rather than a bad one (that makes you feel worse).

What are you waiting for? Click the video above and dive in!

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Imagine crying yourself to sleep and waking up to this video.


I felt that.

[evem]

“on average men and women cry once a month”
me crying every day: 😳

[lastgamer]

When I cry, I never actually tell anyone about it, or what’s making me sad, only if they force me too, and when they do, I don’t want to talk about it because usually everything’s fine if I don’t talk about it. Plus, it only lasts for like a little bit, so it’s fine to me

[commenter]

I literally wanted to search this on youtube few days ago, but I forgot, and now you posted this lol.

[OrbialDropShockTrooper]

For some reason, whenever someone tries to make me feel better when I cry, it just makes me cry more.

[munan]

When they say actors still look attractive when they cry and normal people don't just look at Brainiard in the title photo

[crazytvstudios]

I lost half of my family and now passed 3 years from that im still crying

[duchi]

We don't cry when we're sad
Our eyes just get sweaty that's all

[misspat]

I cried a lot in safe, supportive environments my first two years in college. Otherwise, I have not had safe spaces to cry in. I cry alone, often at night, always in response to unrelated things on the internet, mostly on YouTube. I suspect it will stay this way, I'm not exactly young anymore.

[KingPercival]

We cry because of our anxiety. We cry because of our emotions. We cry because it a way of expressing feelings after all were social animals.

[MylaLeBlanc]

I really tried hard not to cry at my great grandma‘s funeral. I didn’t know about all the stress relief until I saw this video. Thank you. I enjoyed it.❤

[ct]

There is nothing wrong with crying. If anyone tries to claim that they NEVER cry, they are either flat out lying or they're a sociopath.

[nancyshn]

Braniac: why do we cry when we are sad?


Me: It's the meaning of life man.

[ChappyMonster]

Long story short: tears are happy drugs.

[daycoremusic]

Braiac: why do we cry



Me: if you can't cry your faking it

[lorettasoto]

Just lost my loving turtle so I'm here crying

[abbysworld]

Crying a lot often and for little to no reason is also a sign of having a mental illness in general and not just depression especially if you have symptoms of other mental illnesses that also involve crying a lot often for little to no reason, an example is I got diagnosed with ADHD when I was 9 and one of the symptoms of ADHD is crying a lot for little to no reason often, I also get mad easily on top of that and can even do it all at once if it’s that bad so I’m ashamed of doing the crying part since I do it for reasons that don’t make since to most people and makes makes it worse is when I cry for a good reason I’m still ashamed about it, but yes when you cry a lot for little to no reason you can still cry for reasons that make since to most people even if that’s not a lot of times

[yt-aperson]

I just have onions everywhere in my house!

[Power-Consumer]

I hate it when people ask me something when my eyes are about to burst, because when I talk, I start crying.

[kokopuff]

Me: doing what I do
Brainiac: uploads video
Me:stops what I’m doing and watches it