What’s the matter? he said.
I was on the couch talking to the husband on our morning phone all.
I don’t know I replied and with that my throat started to burn as I helped back a sob. Pulling in a deep breath I said I have to go and we hung up. I then proceeded to get the boys off to school went back inside turned on the shower and took my position on the floor underneath the warm of the water. The shower is my go to place for days like that and it was in less than a second did the flood gates of what was and wasn’t good emerged in the form of the ugly cry.
Yesterday morning I sobbed the ugliest of cries for what felt like hours and yet I couldn’t tell you what was wrong. It was just wrong and I knew from management of past bad days that a shower and a good cry would fix what ever the problem was and I suspect my husband knew that because he never called back until this morning.
I don’t cry a lot but when I do I go all out sobbing heaving shaking. I liken myself to being possessed except it’s not the devil its usually my overthinking that’s taken over my soul ie brain. My nose goes red my eyes swell I’m ugly. There is no other way to describe it. It’s the ugly of the ugly cries which is why I do it alone in the shower with no one watching Kym Kardashian has nothing on me except I have the good sense not to let anyone see it.
So Five reasons why every one including the blokes should have a good sob.
1. Crying Relieves Stress
Because unalleviated stress can increase our risk for heart attack and damage certain areas of our brain.
2. Crying Lowers Blood Pressure
Crying has been found to lower blood pressure, pulse rate, and body immediately following therapy sessions during which they cried and raged.
3. Tears Remove Toxins
A study performed by Dr. William H. Frey II at the St Paul-Ramsey Medical Centre found that stress-related tears and tears caused by physical irritants (think chopping an onion) are not one and the same. Tears that are provoked by stress help your body rid itself of nasty chemicals that raise cortisol (the stress hormone).
4. Crying Reduces “Manganese”
The simple act of crying also reduces the body’s manganese level, a mineral which affects mood and is found in up to 30 times greater concentration in tears than in blood serum.
5. Crying is good for your mental health. A study performed at the University of Florida found that crying is more effective than any anti-depressant on the market. A good cry improved the mood of 88.8% of weepers with only 8.4% reporting that crying made them feel worse.
Having solved my first world problems be what they may {because seriously I still don’t know} I got out of the shower downloaded all my favourite showers and took position on the couch for a few hours because lets be honest the ugly cry whilst in all its goodness listed here leaves you emotionally and physically exhausted. It also takes a few hours for the redness and swelling to disappear so you’re not so ‘ugly’. It’s your body telling you sit the frick down so I did.
When was the last time you did the ugly cry.
xxD
