We rarely see men's tears and we assume that this is normal. Of course, this is not true, it’s all due to stereotypes that men should not cry under any circumstances. But now let's talk about other, more frequent tears - tearfulness in a woman. The fair sex is ready to let them in for any reason, when watching melodrama, children's pranks, because of a carelessly spoken word. And what’s interesting is that everyone is accustomed to this state of affairs. But sometimes it still makes sense to understand why your mother, sister, or friend cried. After all, the reason is not always a banal tearful movie or an insult. It may lie in much more serious aspects that directly harm a woman’s health.

What are tears

Human tearfulness is a special mental and emotional state that accompanies every person. We all naturally have protective reflexes. We are all familiar with them from the first day of his birth - breathing, sneezing, coughing, eating, drinking and others. Crying is also a must among them. As soon as a person is born, he takes his first breath and... cries. Some people scream so hard their ears are blocked. And so through life, I hit myself, cut myself, was offended - immediately tears. But it cannot be considered normal if a person cries for absolutely no reason. But first, let's find out why women cry?

When is it okay to cry?

For most women, it is quite normal to cry frequently. And it plays a big role in this. And if for others the current situation does not mean anything serious, then for ladies with a special temperament any action, word, or event causes a whole waterfall. Therefore, it makes sense to study the four main types of people - choleric, sanguine, melancholic and phlegmatic.

Cholerics are passionate, sometimes not entirely balanced people. They can laugh, have fun, and a moment later burst into bitter tears. They have a special temperament in which passions rage and there is no calm. They often fall into depression and from any prank, jokes can make them cry, begin to suffer, or even fall into deep depression.

Sanguine people are hot, passionate, lively people who also experience frequent mood swings. But they do not suffer from the vicissitudes of fate and can withstand challenges. Yes, sometimes they can surrender to their suffering and cry. But most often they try to hold on until the end and not show problems.

Phlegmatic people are the golden mean, the best type of human temperament. People of this type have a persistent, balanced, calm and inexcitable character. They are stable and never become depressed or hysterical without good reason. But even in the most difficult moments, they are able to control themselves and not give free rein to their emotions.

Melancholic people are the most unbalanced type of people. It is they who are susceptible to tears and for any reason, or even for no reason, can roar like a “beluga”. These are very difficult people, it is difficult to build harmonious relationships with them, since they do not enjoy the present, do not think about a good future, but constantly live in the negative past.

And even if their past life was calm, such people still rummage through their memories and look for negativity. They are the ones who can most often be found with their eyes wet from tears, and any conversation that is raised in a positive tone ends in tears and the dissatisfaction of a melancholic person.

In addition to the fact that melancholic people can be classified as tearful, you should pay attention to such things as a genetic predisposition to a sad mood.

Everyone around women treats women’s tears with understanding, but when the moment goes beyond all boundaries, it is quite natural that irritability and anger sets in at the one who keeps letting out “snot.” If you don’t control your own emotions, you can completely “soften” and turn into a “hired mourner” who is despondent even if there is no reason to cry.

When to cry

Life is a black and white stripe. It happens that there is simply no end to the black one and, of course, any person becomes depressed. And no matter what he does, nothing contributes to solving the problems. We also often suffer from the fact that we are seeing off people close and dear to us to another world. At such moments, we give up and the only thing we can afford is to cry. And it is right!

Experts say that tears are one of the methods of reducing stress, the pain threshold of our psyche. Thus, the body protects against a mental breakdown, otherwise terrible grief would lead to everyone without exception going crazy (we are talking about people with a normal psyche).

Causes of tearfulness in women

When ladies burst into tears and do not explain what is happening to them. The whole point is that she herself doesn’t know why she feels so “sick” in her soul. Yes, during the menstrual cycle a woman undergoes a banal adjustment of hormones, and so the tears flow. But in the first place the culprits of tearfulness are still overwork, nervous tension, and stress.

Stress, fatigue. Unlike children, adults perceive everything that happens around them closer to their hearts. Life situations, problems at work, the attitude of children, spouse, parents, troubles with friends - all this can lead to a nervous breakdown.

And if you don’t take action, don’t put your psyche in order, that is, turn to a specialist, then nervous overstrain can lead to serious mental disorders, such as depression. With this pathology, a malfunction occurs in the hormonal system, vital endorphins, dopamine, etc. are not sufficiently produced.

Somatics. Another reason for tearfulness is somatic types of illnesses. These include problems with the thyroid gland, blood vessels, and nervous system. They promote excessive tear production and the person seems to always be crying. But the endocrine system also acts negatively when there is insufficient production of hormones - the woman feels suffering and mental pain. In such cases, it is important to intervene with a specialist in psychology, psychotherapy, or even psychiatry.

It is also necessary to contact an endocrinologist, therapist, or neurologist. After all, the cause of constant crying can be a disease such as diabetes, vascular disease - Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, atherosclerosis, inflammatory processes in the brain, infectious problems, etc.

Recovery. When the body’s condition is normalized, the nervous system also recovers and “wants” to get rid of accumulated tension. For this reason, tears flow, the person seems to be crying, which means that he is recovering. These are, rather, tears of joy, calm, returning energy and vigor.

Menopause and the menstrual cycle. Hormonal imbalance, mood swings, excessive emotionality, tearfulness can cause PMS - premenstrual syndrome, as well as the onset of menopause. In both the first and second cases, a problem arises with the production of hormones. A lady can simply cry, as they say, out of the blue, for no reason.

In such cases, the hardest thing is not only for herself, but also for those around her. In addition to tears, she can become aggressive, inadequate, enter into conflicts, scream, swear and find fault for no reason, be irritable, scandalous.

Irritability. Nervous stress, frequent stress, problems at work, in the family can lead to a breakdown, due to which a woman can fall into real hysterics. Moreover, she can cry for a long time, without stopping. What is noteworthy is that crying does not always occur during another difficult situation. Tears can stream down your face when watching a banal story that becomes a trigger.

In short, you need to pay attention to whether the woman is crying in the background of a simple moment, but for a long time is not able to stop her suffering. And if the answer is positive, the person is clearly overtired, a lot of negative emotions and stress have accumulated and a breakdown has occurred, an outflow of negativity. Also, such a reaction can occur due to some careless but harmless joke, remark, or the slightest remark. In this case, a psychotherapy specialist or psychologist can come to the rescue.

Routine. Yes, routine, the monotony of every day can drive out the most restrained woman. Every day it’s the same thing - get everyone up in the morning, cook breakfast, feed the family, take them to school, kindergarten, and then go to work. If men's work ends at the end of the working hour, then women still have a lot of things to do: cook dinner, clean the house, wash everyone's dishes, wash, iron, bathe the children, feed them, put them to bed. In the end, she falls completely exhausted onto the pillow and cannot fall asleep for a long time. , several disturbing dreams:

• thoughts about tomorrow, everyday life. There are a lot of problems, you need to buy things, make repairs, etc;
• Overexertion is the cause of restless sleep. Many people mistakenly believe that physical labor promotes good sleep. But if you overwork, the body is not able to concentrate on calmness and the person cannot fall asleep.

It turns out that the woman accumulates not just fatigue, but an unbearable routine, constant movement like a “squirrel in a wheel.” She cannot spend energy on interesting things - rest, entertainment, trips to interesting places, communication with interesting people, etc. Whether you like it or not, you will cry bitter tears!

Upbringing. Tearful women, even in their childhood, did nothing but cry, stomp their feet, fall on the floor, throw tantrums, just to get their way. And so it happened, even as adults, they did not change. And as we know, character is formed in childhood and adolescence. And if the parents did not stop their daughter’s whims, then she will definitely grow up into a crybaby who will start throwing tantrums for any reason, thus getting her way from those around her.

Bad habits. This often includes alcoholism and drug addiction, and addiction to psychotropic drugs. A woman who drinks and is a drug addict are inadequate creatures. And there is no need to be offended by the word “creature”, because in such a state there is nothing else. And she no longer has anything feminine left. Alcohol, narcotic and psychotropic drugs have a detrimental effect on the nervous system, which causes breakdowns and hysterics.

Subconsciously, she feels guilty, but cannot stop, this is also an important reason for tearfulness. Degrees - with excessive libation of alcoholic drinks, another dose of medicine or drugs, a woman is unable to restrain her emotions. She becomes depressed because harmful substances have blocked the production of hormones of joy, happiness, and pleasure. She cries and can't stop.

Depression. Tearfulness is one of the main signs of advancing depression, a serious pathology in the human psyche. Here it is important to pay attention to how often a person cries during the day. If tears flow several times, and there is no good reason, consult a doctor immediately. A person suffering from developing depression himself will not do this. But those around you who love you are obliged to “ring” the bells and worry - a depressive state can become a trigger for complete personality degradation, lead to suicide, and public danger.

Tearfulness as a syndrome. Often, a woman’s tearfulness can be a sign of mental pathology. It occurs “out of the blue”, for no reason. The reason could be a broken flower or a crease in tights. Moreover, the sick woman’s mood is changeable. After a strong hysteria for no reason, she may immediately begin to laugh, then become sharply irritable, get angry at someone, and attack with rude expressions.

During early pregnancy. The expectant mother cries often and this is quite normal. Those close and loving to her need to be very careful about her psyche and take care of her nerves. The reason for her tears is hormonal changes. The body of the expectant mother is under severe stress.

An embryo develops inside it, and it, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, is a foreign body. And so that the mother’s body does not reject her baby, her hormonal system is completely reformatted. The level of progesterone and other hormones increases, the nervous system is depressed. The pregnant woman becomes overly sentimental, vulnerable, irritable, aggressive and tears flow for any reason.

Tearfulness of a woman after childbirth. There is no need to worry if a woman’s eyes get wet every now and then in the first month after giving birth. These are echoes of pregnancy - the hormonal system “comes” to its senses, but there are still problems with the level of female hormones, progesterone. But if tearfulness persists for more than 2 months, start to worry.

– a most dangerous mental state in which a young mother is capable of terrible acts. However, she does not give an account of her actions. The problem arises due to radical changes in life, banal fatigue, problems created by her baby. A condition arises in which she feels hopeless.

Causes of tearfulness in women after 40 years. Unfortunately, with age, the female body loses its functions due to cell aging. Problems arise with the endocrine system. The reason is the thyroid gland, blood vessels, nerve endings and other systems, due to which balance occurs in the mental, moral and spiritual spheres.

A decrease in the production of female hormones is a natural process in women whose age is approaching 50-60 years. Therefore, you should not be surprised that older ladies are ready to shed tears for any reason. After all, morally they have something to suffer about - the years have passed, old age is approaching. Well, who can be happy about such a prospect?

Treatment of tearfulness

First of all, it is important to understand what causes the state of tearfulness. Maybe the reasons lie in the attitude of others. If so, then you should review them, sit down and talk. Family routine should also fade into the background. It is necessary to divide household responsibilities among all family members who are able to do the work.

It is important that the spouse takes an active part in raising children and household affairs. A woman needs to be periodically pleased, entertained, and given rest.

If the reason is a difference, a special temperament, you need to switch from negative to positive. Children's laughter especially helps with this. Take a walk along the park where kids run around, the kindergarten, behind the fence of which you can always hear the chirping of our pets. As a last resort, turn on the Internet and write “Funny kids” in the search engine. You will see a lot of photographs of children, videos with amazing and hilarious footage of children's pranks.

Exercises to lift your mood

At home, without good reason, tearfulness can be dealt with using a simple exercise. Go to the mirror and stretch your lips as if you are smiling a lot. Even if there are no incentives for joy, make a grimace and hold your lips in this state for 2-3 minutes. According to scientists, we activate points that affect the production of joy hormones. And laughter after an artificial grimace will arise on its own and be natural. The body will be filled with a feeling of goodness, joy, and maybe even fun.

As soon as tears come, you can do a breathing exercise. You should breathe often, but not deeply. Thus, attention is focused on the state of the body. It is important not to take deep breaths, otherwise you may feel dizzy. Repeat until the moment of tearfulness passes. Before breathing, you should drink a glass of cool water (clean, still).

Fighting tears in an uncomfortable place

It happens that it hits at the most inopportune moment. It is especially uncomfortable for us if tears flow in front of people in transport, at a party, at work, etc. In such cases, experts recommend doing the following exercise:

1. Inhale deeply through your nose and exhale slowly, twice as long, through your mouth. Repeat this 10 times.
2. Divert your attention to something else. Start looking in your pocket or purse for a wallet, phone, or other item; the main thing is to concentrate on the distraction. At the same time, remember something funny - a child’s smile, a joke from a colleague, a spouse, even if a delicate but funny situation pops up in your head.

Carry candy, chewing gum, and an apple in your bag. Start gnawing, chewing, eating - all this will help shift your attention from negative to positive.

Fighting tearfulness with folk remedies

This problem can only be dealt with using folk methods if the remedies are in addition to the doctor’s prescriptions or the tearfulness is not caused by serious pathologies in the body. Infusions and decoctions of soothing herbs are used: mint, chamomile, calendula.

1. Pour boiling water over 2 tablespoons of dry chamomile and cook in a water bath for 15 minutes. Leave for another half hour, strain through gauze and add 2 tablespoons of the broth to boiled water. Drink three times a day and be sure to drink half an hour before bedtime.
2. Steam calendula (a tablespoon) with boiling water, leave in a water bath for 15 minutes, add a tablespoon of decoction to the boiled water. Drink half a glass before bed.
3. Mint and lemon balm leaves can be added to regular tea and lemonade.

Drug treatment of tearfulness

In case of serious mental disorders, postpartum depression, menopause and other problems, it is important to consult a specialist in time and take adequate, comprehensive treatment. If the cause is psychological trauma or stress, the doctor will use medication and conduct sessions with the patient. With cognitive behavioral therapy, the doctor calls the patient for a frank conversation and “gets” to the cause of the disorder, then eliminates it. At the same time, sessions are also conducted with relatives and the patient’s close circle, because a lot also depends on their behavior.

If the problem with tearfulness is related to troubles at work, you need to change your place of employment, especially if the negativity is regular. It is better to find a new job than to lose peace and sleep.

As for somatic conditions, it is necessary to undergo a detailed examination of the body. Unfortunately, the cause of mood swings, tearfulness and other mental conditions can be any disease: oncology, infection, inflammation, etc.

And finally, the main advice. If you want to cry from fatigue, accumulated grievances and worries, cry. After all, this is a natural way to relieve stress. Notice how much easier it becomes after crying, because with tears the negativity leaves us. If you are embarrassed by your tears, do it alone. And in general, you need to make time for yourself at least once every two weeks, turn on an interesting melodrama, pour a glass of wine and cry to your heart’s content, and then gather your strength again and enjoy life.

– a person’s tendency to cry often for little or no reason. It manifests itself as increased tearfulness and emotional instability, sudden bouts of crying. Common accompanying symptoms are restlessness, anxiety, insomnia, depression, despondency. Tearfulness can be a character trait, a sign of illness, or a situationally determined reaction. Diagnosis of the condition is carried out during a conversation and observation of the patient. Symptomatic therapy includes rhythmic breathing and distraction techniques, psychotherapy, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications.

general characteristics

Crying is a psychophysiological reaction that is accompanied by the release of tears, a sharp change in the rhythm of breathing, blood pressure and heartbeat, and involuntary contraction of the superciliary and periocular muscles. In origin, it is a strong one-time mental experience that occurs in response to intense negative or positive stimuli. From a social point of view, crying is a way of expressing strong emotions. In childhood, physical pain is a common cause of tears. As you get older, this reaction weakens, but can persist in women with increased emotional lability.

The term “tearfulness” refers to a character trait or temporary feature of the emotional-volitional sphere. It manifests itself as emotional imbalance, tearfulness: a person cries every day, the tears are caused by random memories, a tense conversation, the unpleasant intonation of the interlocutor, a scene from a movie. Often, tearfulness reduces social activity, interferes with maintaining close relationships, and provokes irritability and misunderstanding on the part of others.

Tearfulness is more common in women and children than in men. This is explained by biological reasons: women have more pronounced hormonal fluctuations (pregnancy, childbirth, menstrual cycle), children have a labile nervous system, so they easily become agitated even to minor stimuli. The cultural factor also influences increased tearfulness in women compared to men. Sensitivity and tearfulness are recognized as feminine traits, while men's tears are seen as a demonstration of weakness.

Causes

Tearfulness is often a symptom of a mental disorder - depression or neurasthenia. In addition, it can be caused by hormonal changes, diseases of the central nervous system, overwork or chronic stress. The causes of tearfulness are varied; tearfulness is often provoked by external events, but has a physiological basis.

Predisposing physiological factors

They say about some people that they are whiny since childhood, about others - on the contrary, that they never cry. Tearfulness most often develops on the basis of a physiological predisposition, which consists of the peculiarities of the functioning of the nervous system and the rate of production of certain hormones. Increased tearfulness is due to the following reasons:

• Instability of the nervous system. With an unstable type of nervous activity, the processes of excitation and inhibition quickly replace each other, which is externally manifested by frequent mood swings and sudden emotional outbursts. People with this characteristic type of temperament are classified as melancholic or choleric. Tearfulness is characteristic of them from birth.
• Hormonal imbalance. Irritability and tearfulness intensify during periods of hormonal changes in the body in women: during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, after childbirth. Increased production of some hormones and a lack of others lead to changes in the activity of parts of the brain responsible for the emotional state.
• Physical overload. If the body is unprepared, intense sports or hard physical labor are a source of stress and disrupt the functioning of internal organs and systems. If it is impossible to fully restore strength, tearfulness and irritability increase, and fatigue accumulates. A state of exhaustion gradually develops.
• Vitamin deficiency. The reason for tearfulness due to poor nutrition is a lack of B vitamins. They are responsible for the functioning of the nervous system, the production of hormones, skin condition, and muscle tone. With their deficiency, irritability increases, mood and performance decrease, insomnia develops, and appetite worsens. With prolonged hypovitaminosis, depression, neuroses, hormonal disorders, and Beri-Beri disease develop.

Psychological factors

Psychological causes of tearfulness include personality traits formed during life and external stressful psychotraumatic influences. Depending on this, a distinction is made between people who are tearful in character and those whose excessive tearfulness is explained by the current difficult situation. The most obvious causes of tearfulness are:

• Features of education. The reason for a child's tearfulness is the attitude of the parents. Sometimes crying becomes a tool to attract the attention of adults and get what they want. If parents do everything to stop the tears - they buy toys, allow them not to go home from a walk, not to wash themselves - the child develops hysterical character traits. Another reason for tearfulness is self-doubt, fears, and a feeling of uselessness. This type of character is called neurasthenic. With insufficient love and support from parents, tearfulness intensifies.
• Stress. Negative experiences caused by a traumatic situation or daily minor troubles can lead to a state of stress. At the initial stages, the body fights and activates physiological and mental reserves. Thanks to this, a person maintains the same performance and emotional balance. Then comes the stage of exhaustion - the body gets tired of fighting, and the adverse effects continue. At the physiological level, this manifests itself as headaches and general malaise; at the psychological level, it manifests itself as tearfulness, irritability, and depression.
• Routine. Not only stress, but also routine in everyday life can lead to nervous exhaustion. In situations of monotonous work with repetitive stereotypical actions and an impoverished external environment, performance decreases. Monotony is accompanied by the experience of boredom, apathy and dissatisfaction with life, and tearfulness. Women are especially susceptible to emotional disturbances. Their tearfulness increases in the absence of friendly communication and variety of leisure activities.

Mental disorders

Tearfulness and increased tearfulness develop in some mental disorders. All of them are accompanied by a decrease in the body’s adaptive abilities, fatigue, depression, and instability of emotions. Patients cry often, do not always have an external reason for crying, and do not control their condition. Tearfulness can be a symptom of the following disorders:

• Depression. With depressive disorders, patients are almost constantly in a state of low mood, sadness, and sadness. They have no interest in what is happening, so it is difficult to distract them and cheer them up. Tears and crying appear easily, often without external reasons.
• Astheno-neurotic syndrome. Neurasthenia occurs when a combination of psychotraumatic effects and intense physical or mental stress. Chronic lack of sleep and emotional burnout can be a provoking factor. Manifested by irritability, easy fatigue, and tearfulness.
• PTSD. Sometimes, unexplained tearfulness is a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder. Sudden tears are triggered by memories of scary scenes and traumatic events from the past. Images pop up in the head involuntarily, in dreams and in reality, when the surrounding environment is somewhat reminiscent of an old situation (the same smell, sound, phrase).
• Generalized anxiety disorder. The causes of tearfulness in patients with an anxiety disorder are constant worry, fear, obsessive thoughts, and sleep disorders. With a long course of this pathology, panic attacks occur with vegetative crises (dizziness, breathing problems, palpitations). Tearfulness becomes even more noticeable, especially in women.
• Childhood fears . A characteristic feature of childhood is the ease of developing fears. They are formed under the influence of external situational influences and provoke the development of neurotic reactions, including crying. The cause of fear in infants and young children is the care of the mother. The more often the mother is absent, the more whiny the child becomes. Similarly, tearfulness in kindergarten develops with fear of strangers.

Somatic diseases

Frequent causes of tearfulness are physical illnesses. Frequent crying may indicate a change in brain function or severe hormonal imbalance. A more obvious connection cannot be ruled out: people cry when they experience pain and worry about the irreversible deterioration of their health and appearance. There are several somatic causes of tearfulness:

• Decreased quality of life. Serious illnesses are characterized by limited mobility, deterioration of well-being, and changes in the patient’s appearance. Often patients are forced to give up their usual physical activity and communication, perform professional duties, and eat their favorite foods. This condition may be accompanied by reactive depression - crying, feelings of hopelessness, depression, uselessness.
• Pain syndrome. The feeling of frequent or constant pain is the cause of tearfulness in somatic patients, especially children. Physical suffering is manifested by a decrease in the patient’s activity, fixation on sensations coming from the body, depression and irritability.
• Organic brain damage. The cause of tearfulness is damage to nerve cells in the parts of the brain responsible for the formation of emotions and behavior. An example of such a disorder is “weakness”, tearfulness of the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis. Similar emotional disorders are possible with brain tumors, neuroinfections, and after traumatic brain injury.
• Endocrine diseases. Emotions are affected by endocrine pathologies such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, Addison's disease. A lack or excess of certain hormones causes sudden bursts of irritability, anger, and crying. As a rule, patients notice them, but cannot explain the cause.

Survey

Determining the causes of tearfulness is carried out by specialists from various fields - psychiatrists, neurologists, endocrinologists. Primary diagnosis is carried out using clinical methods, including interviewing the patient and his relatives, as well as observing behavior. In most cases, patients are able to critically evaluate their experiences, so they independently report to the doctor about frequent crying, emotional sensitivity, mood swings and other symptoms. A conversation with relatives helps to clarify the duration of the symptom and its causes. To establish the etiology of tearfulness, the following is used:

• Study of the emotional sphere of personality. Comprehensive psychodiagnostic testing allows us to determine the presence of depression, leading character traits and personality traits that are the basis of tearfulness. Various questionnaires (MMMPI, Cattell questionnaire) and projective techniques (color choice test, drawing of a person) are used.
• Laboratory studies of hormones. If a conversation with the patient does not reveal the psychological causes of tearfulness, but there are signs of an endocrine disease, a blood test is performed to determine the content of hormones. The concentration of hormones of the adrenal glands, thyroid, pancreas, parathyroid and/or gonads is examined.
• Instrumental studies of the brain. If the patient complains of emotional disturbances and there are signs of organic damage to the central nervous system, a neurological examination, CT and MRI of the brain, ultrasound of brain vessels and other diagnostic procedures are performed. The results make it possible to determine pathological changes in cerebral structures and tissues.

Treatment

The main therapy should be aimed at eliminating the cause of tearfulness - reducing the intensity of stress, normalizing the woman’s hormonal levels, changing the parenting style. If it is impossible to influence the etiological factor or influencing the cause requires long-term, labor-intensive treatment, symptomatic remedies are used. Thanks to them, tearfulness decreases, the patient becomes more balanced and socially active, and the effectiveness of basic therapy increases. Symptomatic help for tearfulness includes breathing exercises, psychotherapy, medication, and changes in activity patterns.

Breathing exercises

At the physiological level, crying is manifested by a complex of reactions of the respiratory, cardiovascular and nervous systems. A person is able to control his breathing voluntarily. To stop the beginning attack of crying, it is necessary to eliminate the feeling of spasm in the throat and holding your breath. The easiest way to do this is with breathing exercises, which include slow and deep breathing, deep breaths through the nose with noisy exhalation through the mouth, fast and intense breathing. The most effective method is selected by the patient individually by trial. In women, the diaphragmatic breathing technique gives good results.

Behavioral psychotherapy

Behavioral techniques are aimed at switching attention, changing external activity that supports crying. The simplest exercises are running, purposeful activity, provoking another emotion (anger or joy). While running, a sequence of movements is established, muscles contract rhythmically, breathing intensifies - all these processes prevent crying.

Specially created purposefulness of actions switches attention from sad and sad thoughts to solving the problem. Distraction options: searching for keys in a bag, making a shopping list. It can be difficult to provoke anger or joy on your own, but with training this skill is developed. It is necessary to remember a funny or angry situation and the people who participated in it, and reproduce the images in your thoughts in as much detail as possible.

Transactional analysis

Psychotherapy using the method of transactional analysis is a more complex way of dealing with tearfulness. According to this direction, a person’s personality is represented by three states - Adult, Parent and Child. Tearfulness is most characteristic of the latter, since crying stores the conscious and subconscious experience of childhood. During psychotherapy sessions, the patient is taught to remain in the position of an Adult, analyze situations and make decisions, without allowing emotions to determine behavior. At the same time, attention shifts from experiences of the past and future to the state of “here and now.”

Drug therapy

Can be used to combat tearfulness. Their selection is carried out by a psychiatrist or psychotherapist, depending on the combination of symptoms. If tearfulness manifests itself along with anxiety and increased irritability, anxiolytics, sedatives, and herbal sedatives are prescribed. For nervous exhaustion and signs of depression, antidepressants and tranquilizers are used, and for sleep disorders, sleeping pills are used.

Normalization of the daily routine

The basic cause of tearfulness is the instability of the processes of inhibition and excitation in the nervous system, therefore, to maintain emotional balance, it is necessary to adhere to the correct regime. The most important things are adequate sleep of at least 8 hours at night, regular exposure to fresh air, and alternation of mental and physical labor. Patients are advised to make a plan for the day and week, be sure to include walks, hobbies and sports that bring pleasure.

Everyone knows that representatives of the fair half of humanity are sophisticated and impressionable natures. Of course, ladies tend to be emotional, and precisely because women allow themselves to cry more often than men, they are less prone to cardiovascular diseases. After all, along with tears, the grievances, sadness and melancholy hidden in the soul go away. However, few people know that increased tearfulness in women can be a signal of problems occurring in the body.

In medicine there is even such a term - tearfulness syndrome. To understand how to get rid of this syndrome, you need to understand what reasons can cause it.

Tearfulness is characterized primarily by increased tearfulness, that is, a woman begins to cry for any reason. For example, if the boss praised or made a remark, or when people around him show increased attention. Even the most insignificant event can be a reason for tears. In other words, a woman simply cannot control herself. Of course, constant tears often cause irritation among others, thereby worsening a woman’s emotional state.

If a woman’s increased tearfulness has no apparent reason, then it is necessary to undergo an examination and undergo a course of treatment, both psychological and medicinal. The seriousness of this syndrome cannot be underestimated: constant crying can lead to mental disorders, since it is often accompanied by attacks of aggression, irritability, insomnia or, conversely, increased drowsiness, bad mood.

Symptoms of increased tearfulness in women

Depending on the reasons that caused the state of tearfulness, the symptoms and the degree of their manifestation may differ. However, general signs of the disease can be identified:

• excessive nervousness;
• apathy to everything that happens around;
• constant feeling of fatigue;
• touchiness;
• frequent mood changes.

Frequent tearfulness

Frequent tearfulness may be a symptom of developing depression. If tears occur several times a day for various reasons, it is worth thinking about the state of the person’s nervous system and the need to provide him with qualified assistance.

With depression, tears appear not because of external, but because of internal reasons - some experiences, fears or anxiety. Frequent tearfulness is considered a normal mental reaction after suffering psychological trauma - the loss of a loved one, serious illness, divorce, and so on. In this situation, tears help to cope with negative experiences and have a beneficial effect on the person’s condition.

Tearfulness syndrome

Tearfulness syndrome or hanging tearfulness may be a sign of psychopathology. If tears occur constantly, for no apparent reason or for unknown reasons, you need to pay attention to the person’s mental state. This condition differs from frequent tearfulness in the cause of tears and the rapidity of mood changes. In psychopathologies, tears arise for a variety of reasons: a broken flower, bad weather, an unkind look, and so on, and the patient’s mood quickly changes - tears are replaced by joy, laughter, and then by irritation or aggression.

Pregnancy and childbirth

Tearfulness and rapid changes of emotions in pregnant women and young mothers are considered quite normal and do not cause concern among others. Typically, sentimentality and involuntary tears actually occur due to hormonal changes. Elevated levels of progesterone and other female hormones have a depressing effect on the nervous system, causing tearfulness, inability to control emotions, irritability and anxiety.

If the tears of a pregnant woman or a woman who has recently given birth are caused by sad stories, touching photographs or songs, there is no need to worry; with the help of tears, the woman’s psyche has the opportunity to get rid of accumulated emotions and normalize her condition. But if they appear daily or several times a day, the condition remains constantly depressed or anxious - this should be a reason to consult a doctor, since the development of postpartum depression or neurosis is possible.

Critical days and menopause

Changes in mood, frequent tears and emotionality are noted by more than half of women a few days before menstruation and during menopausal changes. At this time, they also experience a change in hormonal levels, which also leads to increased sensitivity and tearfulness.

Somatic diseases

Tearfulness can occur with pathologies such as hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease or senile dementia, brain injury or chronic somatic and infectious diseases. With these pathologies, in addition to tearfulness, other symptoms occur that help make the correct diagnosis.

Often tears appear during the recovery period after injuries, infectious or somatic diseases, in this case there is no need to fight tearfulness - this way the nervous system gets rid of excess tension and normalizes its condition.

How to cope with increased tearfulness

Increased tearfulness can greatly disturb a woman or irritate others. In the first case, you should seriously address the state of your nervous system, and in the second, try to learn to restrain your impulses.

Before starting any treatment and taking measures to control lacrimation, you need to make sure there are no endocrine and neurological diseases. Only after they have been excluded can you begin to use one or more methods to combat tearfulness.

If tears often occur at the most inopportune time or place, you can cope with them using the following methods:

• Deep breathing – you can deal with the onset of tears by inhaling deeply through your nose and exhaling slowly through your mouth. Concentrate on your breathing and after 10 breaths it will become easier.
• Concentrate your attention on something - immediately start looking for something in your bag, unfasten your keychain or straighten your shoes. For all these manipulations, it is better to move away from people to a quiet place.
• Thinking about something very funny or unpleasant - strong emotions will help suppress tears.
• Chewing gum or finding a piece of candy to suck on, or taking a sip of water may also help.

Bad mood, increased irritability, groundless anxiety and worries are not only temporary psychological problems, but sometimes they are also symptoms of certain diseases.

If this condition occurs very often, then it should not be attributed to stress or fatigue. It is best to consult a doctor if a person’s emotions are uncontrollable and have become unstable.

Irritability, bad mood and their causes

Irritability is a person’s increased excitability, which manifests itself in the occurrence of extremely negative emotions. Even a small thing can cause anger and a bad mood. Often this situation is observed due to stress, fatigue, poor health, but sometimes irritability is a symptom.

The reasons for this may be problems with the nervous system caused by unfavorable factors, such as personality traits, metabolic disorders, hormonal imbalance, stress, infection, mental illness. Hormones are responsible for irritability and bad mood during PMS, menopause, pregnancy or after childbirth.

Diseases that cause increased irritability

Most often, excessive irritability accompanies diseases such as neuroses, depression, post-traumatic disorder, alcoholism, psychopathy, drug addiction, and schizophrenia.

With depression, in addition, there is some inhibition of thinking. With neuroses, irritability is combined with anxiety and increased fatigue.

Also, increased irritability can be caused by problems with the thyroid gland or observed with vegetative-vascular dystonia, neurological problems, diseases of any internal organs.

Treatment of low mood and irritability

Therapy is prescribed after determining the cause of a person’s irritability. If it is a symptom, then all treatment is aimed at eliminating the underlying disease. For depression, special medications are prescribed.

When irritability is a consequence of overwork, stress or insomnia, rest and peace are recommended, which will help put the nervous system in order.

Worry, anxiety and their causes

These sensations are familiar to every person, but sometimes they become frequent companions, and without a rational reason. Sometimes anxiety can be accompanied by fainting, dizziness, and indigestion.

The causes of anxiety can be various circumstances in life: family problems, exams, changes in everyday life, stress at work, overwork. In this case, the manifestation of anxiety has a reasonable basis.

In addition, there are people who experience anxiety about almost any reason, which is most likely a symptom of certain diseases. An alarming state can be caused by hormonal changes, hyperfunction of the thyroid gland, a drop in sugar levels in diabetes, a pre-infarction state, etc.

Mental illnesses are often accompanied by irrational anxiety, for example, this condition is not uncommon in alcoholism, schizophrenia, neurosis and other problems.

Treating Anxiety and Restlessness

This condition is very well treated with the help of tranquilizers, which eliminate anxiety in a person. Some of these drugs also help you sleep, reduce anxiety, etc.

The medicine must be prescribed by a doctor, and if the anxiety is caused by any disease, then the therapy should act primarily on it.

Treatment can be supplemented with soothing herbal infusions, motherwort extract, mint decoction, and valerian root infusion.

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An unbalanced emotional state often causes tearfulness. There are many reasons why tears appear. A child expresses his emotions through the tear reflex, and at an older age they help reduce mental pain. However, excessive tearfulness not only interferes with the person himself, but also brings some irritation to the people around him. Therefore, if you notice such symptoms, you need to identify the cause and eliminate it. Today we will figure out what causes tearfulness, what are its signs and how to deal with it.

Symptom of tearfulness

People who regularly notice the following are susceptible to increased tearfulness:

• excessive irritability;
• constant fatigue;
• nervous state;
• increased drowsiness;
• apathy;
• sudden changes in mood;
• lack of sleep;
• touchiness.

The unpleasant condition is accompanied by redness of the face, increased sweating, and increased heart rate. Some people experience headaches and fever as a consequence of tearfulness. One of the main symptoms that causes tearfulness is a hormonal imbalance in the body or problems with the thyroid gland. Therefore, panic attacks and neurological diseases often result from this condition. In a woman, the cause of excessive tearfulness can even be excess weight acquired through hormonal disorders.

But even in absolutely healthy people, you can notice tears when you are in a bad mood, stressed or overworked. Some people experience tearfulness from childhood and persist throughout their lives. This is an individual personality trait.

Causes of tearfulness

Tears help you quickly get emotional release. If this does not happen too often, then this is quite normal, but if you notice their appearance every day for no reason, pay attention to it. Among the factors that cause tears, the main ones are:

• negative memories, the appearance of emotional shock, stressful conditions;
• hormonal imbalance in the body;
• hormonal disorders cause tearfulness during menopause; during this period, a woman is characterized by touchiness and mood swings;
• – another reason for tearfulness;
• Depressive states often cause tears - misunderstandings on the part of others, depressed mood and poor health lead to tearfulness.

As you can see, the main cause of tears is hormones. Hormonal changes that occur in a woman’s body throughout her life lead to increased tearfulness.

If the cause of tearfulness is a disease of the thyroid gland, then in addition to tearfulness, the person notices sleep disturbance, decreased performance, excessive nervousness and increased sweating.

Tearfulness syndrome can plague not only the fairer sex, but also men. This condition leads to disruption of metabolic processes in the body and negatively affects the nervous system. The reasons that cause this symptom include stress, depression, fatigue, hormonal disorders, neurological diseases, aggressive conditions or apathy.

Tearfulness during pregnancy

The cause of tearfulness during pregnancy is hormonal changes; this condition is considered normal for the expectant mother. A woman in an interesting position often experiences irritability and tearfulness. The progesterone produced by the body in the early stages of pregnancy aggravates this situation.

There is even a folk superstition that says that excessive tearfulness in the early stages occurs in women.

Basically, tearfulness goes away after childbirth, but if it bothers the expectant mother, then you need to consult a specialist. Remember that it is during pregnancy that the character and physiology of the unborn child is formed. Therefore, a pregnant woman should experience only positive emotions.

Before childbirth, the amount of hormones produced changes, which explains increased tearfulness in late pregnancy.

Treatment of tearfulness

Treatment for tearfulness begins with determining the cause. A specialist prescribes medications only after all the necessary studies have been carried out. Sometimes hormonal medications that help reduce nervousness and irritability show good results. In parallel with medications, you should pay attention to proper nutrition, sleep and rest. In this case, you should not self-medicate, and take medications strictly as prescribed by the doctor, because many of them have many side effects. Among the most popular medications used in the treatment of tearfulness are:

• Lorafen (belongs to the group of tranquilizers);
• Persen (herbal preparation);
• Notta (homeopathic remedy);
• Sympatil (sedative).

If your body is prone to tearfulness, think about preventive measures that will help avoid unpleasant situations. Over time, many begin to regulate their condition themselves. For example, if you feel tears approaching, take a deep breath and exhale, focus your gaze on an object, and hold for a few seconds without blinking. Try to control your emotional state, bring more positive things into life.

And also, if you still want to shed a few tears, retire to some room and give them free rein. Sometimes this release of negative energy is very useful.

It's no secret that women are sophisticated and impressionable people. The fair half of humanity is characterized by excessive emotionality; ladies are more touchy and cry more often. After all, in this way they are freed from stress and accumulated grievances, this is a kind of defense of the body. Tears seem to wash away the grievances hidden in the soul and the soul becomes lighter. However, increased tearfulness in women signals more serious problems in the body.

Normal crying differs from increased tearfulness, the main sign and difference: in this state you constantly want to cry for no reason. Tears can flow for the most insignificant reasons: after watching a touching movie, after any comment, criticism or, conversely, praise from a manager or loved one, excessive attention from strangers.

The difficulty is that a woman cannot control herself, and her excessive tearfulness often irritates and tires those around her.

In this article we will understand why this condition occurs, we will talk about the main causes of female tearfulness, as well as methods of treating it.

In medicine, this disease is called tearfulness syndrome. To understand why it arose and how to get rid of it, it is necessary to understand the main causes of the syndrome.

Tearfulness syndrome is a mental disorder. The causes of the disease can be different: hormonal surges, accumulated grievances, irritability, various internal diseases and more.

This state can also be provoked by intrapersonal conflict. In this case, the woman even shows aggression and increased temperature. As a rule, women who occupy leadership positions find themselves in such a conflict - they constantly have to be torn between family and work.

Obvious symptoms: a feeling of constant fatigue, frequent mood swings, apathy, anxiety, metabolic disorders in the body, lack of sexual desire.

Causes

The main reasons for increased tearfulness in women:

• stress, severe emotional shock. Tears are constantly flowing due to the fact that the nerves and psyche cannot withstand this load;
• Every person reacts to the same situation differently. Thus, the state of tearfulness also depends on the type of character. As a rule, they are more susceptible to melancholic syndrome;
• depression and - in such a difficult period of life, it seems to a woman that everyone is against her, she gives up, and tearfulness appears;
• even thyroid disease can cause tearfulness. Hyperfunction of the organ affects the emotional state, therefore, it is necessary to be examined by an endocrinologist;
• neurological diseases, panic attacks;
• premenstrual syndrome - it lasts 3-5 days. During this period, hormones are rearranged and give rise to increased tearfulness;
• during pregnancy. Over the course of 9 months, hormonal changes occur in a woman’s body, she becomes hypersensitive to everything;
• menopause The eggs stop producing hormones, this also provokes tearfulness;
• head injuries.

Therapy for female tearfulness is carried out by a neurologist or psychologist. This condition must be treated.

Impact of the menstrual cycle

Premenstrual syndrome is a natural phenomenon in women. During this period, constant mood swings occur, appetite may increase, and other symptoms appear. This is, in general, normal, because even minor disruptions in hormonal balance lead to increased tearfulness, touchiness, and drowsiness.

Increased tearfulness during PMS is relatively easy to eliminate: you need to lead a healthy lifestyle, take homeopathic medications and avoid stress.

Climax

During this period, increased tearfulness in women is caused by the fact that the level of sex hormones drops. Their lack gives rise to a lot of uncomfortable symptoms: irritability, anger, hot flashes, excessive sweating and agitation.

Tearfulness and other symptoms of menopause are treated with hormone replacement therapy. Taking medications that contain hormone substitutes—progesterone and estrogen—will help compensate for their deficiency and eliminate this condition.

Pregnancy

During the period of bearing a child, violent hormonal surges and changes occur in the body of a pregnant woman, therefore, increased tearfulness during pregnancy, especially in the early stages, in women, is quite understandable and is considered normal. As a rule, a pregnant woman is irritable and her mood often changes.


When it occurs, increased tearfulness is also observed.

In order not to aggravate the situation and not bring this condition to a fever, doctors advise pregnant women to adhere to a number of rules:

• lifestyle should be active;
• do not lead a secluded lifestyle, but constantly communicate;
• eat well and properly;
• have a good rest and sleep;
• engage in hobbies and activities that bring joy;
• watch funny, comedy films, television programs, read books;
• often go outside.

If you notice that symptoms of excessive tearfulness have appeared and you cannot overcome this condition on your own, then you need to consult a specialist.

Treatment

Let's figure out what to do when you are in a tearful state, how to get rid of it. Treatment will depend on the cause that provoked tearfulness. You should definitely contact a specialist who will first conduct a diagnosis and then prescribe medications.

To exclude pathologies of the nervous system, the doctor must conduct an extensive neurological examination. In the early stages of the disease, you can contact a therapist, who will refer you to a neurologist or psychologist if necessary.

A physician may prescribe psychotherapeutic medications, sedatives, or hormonal medications to lower the threshold of irritability. During the therapy period, you need to eat well, lead a healthy lifestyle and do special things.