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siblygirl  I'm Asleep  1000147 posts  Mood Now:  
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Weeping is the shedding of tears to express emotion. We don't know why we weep. However, we speculate and here are some guesses:
Newborns cry because they're hungry or feel pain, says Mike Marcell, psychologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Babies don't shed tears when they cry until about two months of age. Screaming alone gets results at first. Tears get even more attention and come later. We make three kinds of tears: Basal tears for simple eyeball lubrication, reflex tears to wash away irritants (onion fumes, debris specks, or hits to the eye), and emotional tears. Weeping tears contain various hormones that the other tears don't and 20 to 25 percent more protein. We don't know why emotional tears differ but it's interesting that they do. These tears may wash the body clean of wastes. Crying manipulates the mother to alleviate the problem. Crying "tells" his mother something's wrong and she helps him. The baby communicates through crying. Maybe we weep in grief or cry in anger as the communication of last resort. Words fail us, as they did when we were babies and had no words, so we cry for help. People of all cultures weep: Chinese, Jewish, Muslim, Indian, Hopi aborigines, Canadians, Bara people of Madagascar… "…crying is a distress signal," says James Gross, psychology professor at Stanford University. Seeing someone cry often triggers crying. We don't like to cry; it makes us feel bad. Thus, my tears motivate you to stop me from crying so you won't cry also. "This means that crying may be nature's way of forcefully signally that we need help, and motivating helpful behavior designed to end tears of sadness." Charles Darwin included emotions in his studies of evolution. Certain emotional expressions are innate and universal. He believed this as evidence of the "unity of the several races." Thus, the expressions, or the language of the emotions, provide a means of communication among all human beings, regardless of culture or ethnic origin. Crying gets results and, hence, gives an evolutionary advantage to the crier, says Paul Verrell, zoology professor at Washington State University. A baby must get food to eventually pass on his genes.
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retro_chica  I'm Asleep 5872 posts   Mood Now: 
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It would be interested to learn more about the scientific process behind tears.
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Emily_Garfunkel  I'm Asleep 6565 posts  Mood Now: 
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Yeah, that would be so interesting.
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Haven_Quartet I'm Asleep posts  Mood Now: 
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I have always wondered that, myself.
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hipgurl I'm Asleep 1664 posts 
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Yeah, I'm not real sure!
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CanuckYank I'm Asleep 1930 posts   Mood Now: 
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I think this is interesting stuff!
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Tangerine_Plant  I'm Asleep 2441 posts  Mood Now:
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Well, it is a way of releasing emotion.
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tragicallyhip_babe I'm Asleep 2815 posts  
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Well, people usually do feel better, after they cry.
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pyxi_styx I'm Asleep 3982 posts   Mood Now: 
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Yeah, that is true!
Peace out. 
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Hipster I'm Asleep 2438 posts 
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I've heard that if you don't cry - you can get ulcers.
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AprilWineChick  I'm Asleep 7847 posts  Mood Now: 
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Yeah, my mom has always said that - and she's a nurse!
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