In common parlance, allowing yourself to have a “good cry” about something is usually associated with feelings of being freed or released from burden or stress. Yet there’s surprisingly little ...

Crying is a natural bodily response to emotions like sadness or joy, as well as stress and pain. It's completely normal and nothing to be ashamed of, but crying doesn't come easily for everyone. Ever ...

Ever found yourself tearing up over something small, only to realise it wasn't really about that one thing at all? Stress activates the body's emotional and physiological response systems in a way ...

That awkward moment when you feel a lump bubble up in the back of your throat, but you couldn’t actually cry if someone paid you to. It makes no sense that you can be so good at crying sometimes ...

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. What makes us cry? – Claudia, age 7.5, Victoria. Hi Claudia. Thank you for this very sensible ...