While crying during COVID may not be helping to relieve all of us from the immense distress we’re feeling, experts say our uptick in tears could help bring about other, far-reaching social gains
“This is her last opportunity to say farewell to her dad, now, all of us have been through that process know how important a day like today, is,” said Mr Morrison, whose father died in January. “It’s still fresh in my… mind,” he said, stumbling over his words, and sounding as though he was choking back tears.
“Crying is therapeutic,” she says. “Being vulnerable, and connecting through emotions is really therapeutic. Because you feel heard, and you feel listened to, and you feel held. And you feel, it’s such a relief, isn’t it?” “I don’t feel like I’ve basically stopped crying in six months,” says the Sydney mother of three children, aged 16, 11 and nine. “It comes in waves; every time you kind of settle it in your head, ‘So this is the thing [I have to deal with]’, you have a new wave, like, another emotional hurdle you have to get over.”
“Afterwards everyone came and spoke to me and talked about their situation. And quite a few of the men came and sat down and just had a conversation with me, about, ‘Hasn’t it been tough?’. Because, I don’t think they talk about it. They talk about it to their wives, but don’t talk about it with their friends. I was really surprised about that.”
“If people are, I guess, wallowing in it [their sadness] to the point where it’s become more like rumination, they’re just, like, thinking of all the things that would make them cry and dwelling on all of the negative, then that usually intensifies… the feelings, and it’s generally not helpful.” “If you have strong male representation who are willing to show publicly that they’re happy to cry and that it’s a fine thing to show emotion, I imagine that [it could]."American president Donald Trump has yet to shed any tears, in public, during the pandemic. But many other high-profile male politicians have.
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