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I was re-reading "Belle of the Ball" and when it got to the chapter where Belle's dad recounts being treated as if he was a trans girl when he was a kid, and all of a sudden, I started weeping.
Buckets of tears flowed out of me, and I was helpless to stop them.
Maybe it was me releasing a bunch of stress, or maybe it was related to my PTSD or maybe it was both, but for some strange reason I feel better for having cried ...
Ah, well.
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Have you heard this one??
It's called having a good cry. Not to put too fine an edge on it, but there is a cathartic release, both physical and emotional in bawling your eyes out.
Hugs,Love, and Blessings,
Beth
Health Benefits of Crying
A quick Google search finds a number of articles that say crying is the body's way of ridding itself of stress hormones. One of them stated that 88.8% of people felt better after a good cry. One of the reasons investing in Kleenex stocks will never be a bad investment. :)
Alas, sometimes not
I still cry, 36 years later, over losing my dad when I was young. Sometimes, pain never completely heals, and the tears don't stop. Sometimes, I find that the tears are a good emotional release, though, allowing me to let go of part of the things that are bothering me, so I have less to deal with. And in the case of my dad, in a way, it's a soothing reminder of how special he was because I still grieve at times.
Hell, with my hormones these days, I'm crying over damned near anything, though. Happy tears, sad tears, and everything in between. And here's the funny part - I like the fact that I'm expressing my emotions after bottling them up for so many years. It's liberating to be able to cry when I need to.
Imagination is more important than knowledge
A. Einstein