Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter -- Benjamin Perry, Hardcover Self-help techniques For three hundred years

For three hundred years

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Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter -- Benjamin Perry, Hardcover Self-help techniques For three hundred yearsWhat happens when we cry and when we don't? One of our most private acts, weeping can forge connection. Tears may obscure our vision, but they can also bring great clarity. And in both literature and life, weeping often opens a door to transformation or even resurrection. But many of us have been taught to suppress our emotions and hide our tears. When writer Benjamin Perry realized he hadn't cried in more than ten years, he undertook an experiment: