Pete Walker’s website is a great resource.
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Crying has been shown in this study to have a positive effect on people, showing reduced cortisol levels among the people who cried.
That being said, you probably still want to talk with a real therapist about this, rather than relying on Internet strangers and sad movies
Yeah I have a full time therapist was just looking for a different point of view. She just said there is no harm in it. IFS and cognitive behavioral therapy have helped me come a long way.
Sounds like a release to me. It’s really hard for me to cry unless something really hits me. Crying often feels good.
Crying is a physical reaction to mental stimulation. Doesn't matter whether the stimulation is positive (happiness, fun, success...) or negative (trauma, sadness, failure...).
Crying also exhausts your body, so in a way it can influence your mood by wearing/tiring you out; but it's not a 'cure' in itself.
Interesing so the feeling of my lungs filling up is me resting and getting my strength back after bottoming out and thus my anxiety starts coming back like a tsunami.