As a comparison that will help you better understand this phenomenon, when people cry to feel better when they are sad, is the same as when individuals eat (even when they are not hungry) just to boost their mood. The difference between these two is that eating to relieve stress provides short term joy but it will make you feel guilty afterward.
In addition, how people react to your crying is also important in determining your mood afterward, experts say. If they will understand and comfort you, then you will feel way better, but if they ridicule you, then you feel embarrassed.
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