Post No. 417 - Why does crying help with sadness?

Why does crying help with sadness?

OK, that could be construed to be a stereotypical female perspective, but:
   (a) not all women cry, and
   (b) some men are comfortable crying.

You'll also note that I'm looking specifically at crying to release pent up emotions. Why does a physiological response that is aimed at removing irritants from a physical organ - our eyes - help us release emotions? Well, actually, it doesn't always help. However, having made that qualifier, 've been doing some theorising on this, and my theorising has led me to postulate an hypothesis or two:
   (1) I swallowed a dictionary last night, and
   (2) maybe the release mechanism is a homeopathic one across levels.

With homeopathy [2], the theory is that one ingests a little of the essence of something that causes an effect, and that the small amount of essence (there may be nothing physically detectable there) triggers a sort of immune system type response, and that effects the healing (allegedly the Queen uses homeopathy to good effect).

With tears, maybe the physiological response aimed at removing irritants on the physical trickles through to the emotional level (the lower and upper astrals), and there, what is left at that level triggers - through a homeopathic type of response - the release of irritants - i.e., hurt, pain, and other negative emotions.

This sort of release is why some people cut themselves. The small pain on the physical triggers a release of negative emotions.

There are some cautions that need to be written here:
(i) cutting involves a certain amount of physical risk, such as infection, scarring, etc;
(ii) whenever tears or cutting become the primary, regular response, it could be an indication that it is time to seek some other way of coping, or perhaps examine whether one has become addicted to the pain, or considers one "should" be in pain because of a mistaken understanding of karma;
(iii) even if these responses are not the primary, regular response, it could be that there are better ways of coping (or perhaps one should change one's circumstances, expectations, etc);
(iv) cutting of itself can be a symptom of something else. from Wikipedia (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm): "Self-harm is listed in the DSM-IV-TR as a symptom of borderline personality disorder. However patients with other diagnoses may also self-harm, including those with depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and several personality disorders."

PS - on homeopathy, see http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/homeopathy-regime-is-rejected-as-judge-tells-parents-to-immunise-child-20121127-2a5uo.html for a "dissenting view" ... although, mind you, I support homeopathy generally, but not in the case of immunising children.

[1] BPF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Forces. See here and here for more on this.

[2] Please see my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia.  

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr
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Tags: addictions, coping, emotions, medicine, personal responsibility,

First published: Mannadagr, 17th December, 2012

Last edited: Monday, 17th December, 2012

Post No. 166 - Side benefits of trees

I've posted before about trees (for instance, here, and here, where I touch upon forest bathing). I love trees, and have often described them as light-pumps -they bring spiritual energies into this physical level of reality.

In fact, contact with either trees in wild places or untamed water (e.g. bays or oceans or rivers, but not artificial reservoirs) is one of the ways I cope with having four million mostly leaky auras around me, which is a consequence of living in an inner, northern suburb of Melbourne. [1]

But it appears there may well be other benefits from living with trees. An article on a news site in the US state of Oregon (a state sharing its named with a type of tree that is very useful for boat building [2]), "KTVZ", reports that "Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest and Southern Research Stations" have found that, "[a]long with energy conservation and storm-water reduction", large trees also have the benefit of deterring crime. They atribute this to a pereception of the homes being better cared for. Personally, i think it was because of the trees positive energies ...

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr

Notes:

1. One of the topics that tends to be discussed in some spiritual circles (particularly, in my experience, in Buddhist circles) is whether to "engage" with the world (i.e. live amongst people and live a full life and still be spiritual), or whether to "withdraw" from the world (i.e. live to hermit, to some degree). My views on this tend towards favouring engaging with the world, on the grounds that one should be capable of being spiritual in all circumstances, but I acknowledge there are times when people may need a period of time (perhaps a couple of lifetimes, which is - in the evolution of the soul - just "a period of time") to either focus on developing their spiritual strengths or particular skills, or simply to have a rest.
   
   The biggest problem I have with this debate, however, is the presumption that living what most people consider to be a "hermit" lifestyle means one has withdrawn from the world. I would love to be able to live a quiet life in the countryside (or on a boat, as I have done in the past) so I could actually BETTER engage with the world - do more, from a psychic and other spiritual points of view, for the world at large, rather than have to put so much energy into simply living and coping.
   
   Ah well, obviously have some purpose or reason for not being able to do so yet - maybe negative karma I am paying off, eh? :)
   
   Oh, and to get contact with such wild places from where I leave, I have to leave the city ...
   
2. Although the yanks seem to call this tree "Douglas fir".

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Tags: trees, forest, hermit, lifestyles, protection, regeneration, coping,

First published: Saturday 6th November, 2010

Last edited: Saturday 6th November, 2010