Text: Anastasia Travkina
Recently, the social attitude towards "positive" approaching absurdity, which is why we often feel irrational shame for our own sadness. Such a simple and natural thing as tears becomes a crime against the unspoken credo of life. According to National Geographic, the human body produces at least 61 liters of tears in its life - it's hard to believe that nature could provide us with so much of something useless and "indecent". The common stereotype that tears is weakness stigmatizes women and hurts men's self-esteem. The director of the Sisters rehabilitation center, psychologist Olga Yurkova, and psychotherapist Dmitry Smirnov helped us figure out why we need to cry and what power lies behind the ability to accept our emotions.
Where do tears come from and what they are
A tear is a liquid produced by a corresponding gland to moisten and cleanse the surface of the eye. Most of it is water, sodium and potassium chlorides; the rest of the ingredients vary depending on the health condition
How we grieve
As we found out, crying is a complex mechanism of human behavior. The most obvious situation is when it comes to tears caused by bereavement. This condition can cause not only the loss of loved ones, but also the deprivation of personal boundaries due to
physical or psychological violence, the loss of the opportunity to work or the meaning of life, the termination of a relationship - any deprivation of something or someone significant, including one's own identity or hopes for the future.
In popular psychology, there is a special term for this stage in a person's life - mourning, and it has its own stages. The first is shock and numbness; the second is negation; third, confessions of loss and pain; and the last is acceptance of loss and rebirth. A person is often unable to cry at the first stage, when the psyche protects him from realizing what has happened. The stages of mourning should replace each other over time, but sometimes a person cannot believe what happened to him and gets stuck on the first. To bring such a patient to tears is a real progress in therapy, and this is necessary, because a state of stupor can lead to serious illnesses.
People from all cultures and eras have always understood that we need help in grasping grief. The mourners who came to the burial probably not only performed a ritual function, but also stimulated the loved ones of the deceased who were in shock to experience grief, preventing them from getting stuck at the stage of anesthesia. Therefore, the worst thing that can be said to a grief-stricken person is "don't cry." Tears not only help resolve emotional stress, but also place a person in a cultural situation of mourning, which is the first step in accepting grief.
Emotional tears do not exist on their own as a physiological reaction, there are experiences behind them. Everyone has the right to fully experience their feelings. In addition, we want and should be able to receive the sympathy of our loved ones. And in order to manifest it, it is enough just to be there and not try to save a person from the grief that he will have to endure himself. For example, in Japan there are collective crying groups, and many of the participants, of course, feel relieved after the session. The support of others is the most important part of the process of accepting a person's loss, because it is those around him that will become a temporary substitute for what he has lost.
Why tears are often considered manipulation
Social attitudes towards tears are not just linked to shame. Any strong emotions in a person who is not ready for empathy cause rejection and denial. The lack of readiness for empathy, in turn, is often dictated by the same underlying shame or fear. A vicious circle is formed: it is shameful to cry, compassion for the crying one - too, it is easier to deny his grief and not trust him. In this regard, a bias is formed towards tears as a method of manipulation. This is especially true of women's crying: a cultural stereotype has developed that women are manipulators by nature and will achieve their goal by all means. The result of these biases is an attitude of blaming the victim instead of emotional support.
Tears can indeed be manipulative - in men and women, in adults and children. But how can you tell real tears from false ones? Psychologists say that sociopathic personalities often cry “to order”: they almost do not feel empathy and hardly feel the need for it, and they can cry, including from selfish motives. Actors can also cry of their own accord, but they often have to remember the life experience that led them to cry.
“Why are we crying? Where do tears come from? "
MKOU "Nakhvalskaya secondary school"
Supervisor:, teacher
primary grades
MKOU "Nakhvalskaya secondary school"
School phone: 8 (391) 99 - 33 - 286
S. Nakhvalskoe, 2017
Introduction
Guys often cry for different reasons. So the question "Why?" and "Where do tears come from?" We cry for various reasons - from pain, resentment, fear, worries, joy.
Purpose of work:
I will find out why we cry and where tears come from.
Research object: classmates
The relevance of this work. I think my peers also wondered why we cry. Therefore, my material will be interesting to everyone.
My hypothesis is this:
I cry most often from worry and fear. My classmates cry for the same reasons.
- Find information on the topic in the encyclopedia and the Internet; Find out the structure of the eye; Observe myself, why I cry; Create a questionnaire for classmates.
During the research, I used the following methods:
- Collection, analysis and systematization of information; Questioning.
In the encyclopedia, I found the following information.
We cry from emotional distress. Tears are the body's defenses. They form in the lacrimal glands located in the outer part of the orbit above the eye. Excess lacrimal fluid flows into the nasal cavity through the lacrimal duct.
After observing myself, I found out that I cry for various reasons:
- from pain; from happiness; from experiences; from resentment; because of fear.
I made a questionnaire for classmates in order to find out from what
most often my comrades cry.
Guys, indicate the reasons why you cry most often?
Pupils assigned points on a scale from 1 to 5.
As a result of the survey, the following data were obtained:
More often than not, my classmates cry from resentment and pain, less from worries, fear, and least of all from joy. Comparing these questionnaires with my emotions, I came to the conclusion that my emotions do not coincide with the opinions of my classmates, since I most often cry from worries and fear.
6.Conclusion:
Thus, as a result of my work, I learned:
The structure of the eye and how tears appear. Causes of tears.
It turned out that my hypothesis that tears most often appear from worries and fear was not confirmed, since my comrades more often cry from resentment and pain. Perhaps the topic of my further research will be: "Why is this happening?"
I can use my knowledge in the lesson “The World Around”, on the topic “Sense organs”.
Literature:
, "A great gift for schoolchildren" (encyclopedia), Moscow, AST publishing house, 2016
Kuzmina. Textbook for secondary schools,. M. Enlightenment, 2001
Elena Kacheva
Why do people cry?
Project« Why do people cry?»
Type of the project: informational
By time: short term
By the number of participants: individual
Participants: child of the preparatory group, educational psychologist
Relevance: what are tears every person knows. Though rarely, though sometimes, but everyone is crying... But not everyone thought ... Why do people cry? Where do tears come from? Do they benefit or harm?
Hypothesis:
1. People cry from emotional experiences;
2. Tears are the body's defenses.
Target: to find out, why do people cry.
Tasks:
1. Study the literature on this topic.
2. Find out where tears come from and what they are for.
3. Analyze the benefit or harm they bring.
Expected Result: people cry because they are in pain, tears are harmful.
Stages the project:
1. Preliminary (collection of information, study of literature)
2. Main (conversation with children, survey, telling children about tears)
3. Final (quiz)
Result:
1. Why do people cry?
There are so many emotional and physical reasons why people cry... Tears can be caused not only by negative factors, such as resentment, grief, pain, but also by strong positive ones - joy, delight or happiness. Crying, a person expresses his feelings and emotions. In Russia, tears were compared to pearls.
It turns out that a person at birth does not know how to cry. After all, the cry is not necessarily accompanied crying... The ability to cry appears in infants as little as 5-12 weeks after birth. After the baby learns to cry, he begins to develop the ability to laugh.
People can cry for a variety of reasons. Depending on the reason, tears are shared on: reflex, which can be caused by irritants (for example, foreign particles in the eye or strong odor) and emotional, caused by various emotional states. Moreover, the composition of these tears is different. Emotional tears contain a large amount of protein. It is thanks to such tears that the psychological discharge of the body occurs.
2. Where do tears come from?
Tears are produced by both the small glands that are on the eyelids and the large, almond-sized glands inside. Under normal conditions, the amount of liquid secreted by small glands is sufficient to moisturize the eyes. However, with mechanical irritation and inflammatory processes in the eye, in frost, wind, as well as under the influence of emotional and neuropsychic factors, an increase in tearing: Large lacrimal gland comes into action, large tears appear.
What does our teardrop consist of?
Mucus covered with a layer of water;
A layer of oily substance composed of lipids and other fats;
A tear contains table salt (sodium chloride, potassium chloride and substances involved in the formation of salts (calcium, sodium bicarbonate, manganese);
A special substance is lysozyme, its presence explains its bactericidal properties.
3. Do tears benefit or harm?
Even if tears are not clearly visible, they are still produced every day about 100 milliliters. At the same time, substances that are formed during stressful situations, during emotional stress are removed from the body with the lacrimal fluid.
Thanks to tears, toxic substances are removed from the body, immunity increases, blood pressure normalizes, and even the ability to heal wounds and injuries increases. And also because of tears, the skin around the eyes has such a delicate texture and is able to maintain its youth for a long time. From all this, we can conclude that crying within reasonable limits is even beneficial, after all:
Tears are a natural reaction of the body to irritations from the external environment.
Tears remove dangerous toxins from the body that are produced during times of stress.
When a person experiences unbearable pain, morphine-like substances appear in the composition of tears, relieving its severity.
In addition, in such cases, tears promote wound healing.
Quiz.
1. Why do people cry?
a. From grief
b. Because it hurts, it hurts
v. From happiness or laughter
d. All answers are correct.
2. Where do tears come from?
a. From the nose
b. From the pupil
v. Produced by the gland
3. Is it a part of tears?
b. Oily substance
Lysozyme
e. All answers are correct.
4. Do tears benefit or harm?
a. Benefit
5. What are the benefits of tears?
a. Relieves stress.
b. Relax your emotions.
v. They remove toxins from our body.
d. Bring blood pressure back to normal.
e. Increase immunity.
e. Promote healing of injuries.
f. Thanks to tears, the skin around the eyes is tender and stays young for a long time.
h. All answers are correct.
6. What was the comparison of tears in Russia.
a. With pearls
b. With turquoise
v. With amber
g. with diamond
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Why are we crying?
Pupils 1 "A" class MBOU secondary school №4
Galenko Margarita
Head: Natalya Yurievna Atabashyan
Problem
- Man is the only living creature
who cries. Crying seems like this
simple action! But there are many
incomprehensible. I want to find out why we cry, where do tears come from, do they mean something to a person?
Purpose of work: find out why a man is crying
Research objectives
- where the tears come from;
- what are they needed for;
- whether the animals are crying.
Research hypotheses
- Suppose that a person is crying from emotional experiences.
- Perhaps that tears are the body's defense.
- Probably , animals, too, are offended to tears.
The structure of the human lacrimal apparatus
1. Lacrimal gland
2.Upper eyelid
3.Learful
tubules
4 lacrimal meat
5 tearful
bag
6.Nasal
duct
Tears are not just water!
Tears are composed of:
- water;
- fat;
- salt;
- baking soda.
Therefore, the tears flowing down our cheeks have a salty taste.
What are the tears?
- Reflex - cleanses and moisturizes the eyes.
Animals have only reflex tears, they are needed exclusively for wetting the eyes.
- Emotional tears are tears of sorrow, joy, anger, fear.
Such tears are peculiar only to humans.
They say that the best cure for all sorrow is to cry.
What do tears do?
- - Relieve stress
- - Relax emotions
- - Remove toxins from our body
- - Normalize pressure
- - Increase immunity
- - Promote the healing of injuries.
The ability to cry in a newborn baby appears earlier than to laugh, but also not immediately. Tears
out of the eyes
baby
start
spill
at 4 - 10 weeks
life.
"Crocodile Tears"
- Tears are constantly pouring from the eyes of the crocodile. There is an ancient legend that crocodiles cry bitter tears when they eat a person.
- Crocodile's tears flow to remove excess salts from the body, and therefore it seems that the predator is crying!
- And reptiles have no emotions at all. So crocodiles cannot grieve ...
Our research:
- 31 people were interviewed
from 1st grades.
- In my research work, I found out that man is the only living being who cries from grief, joy, pain.
- Tears can ease our emotional state. By the example of my classmates, I can say: it really becomes easier for us when we cry.
- But the hypothesis that animals also feel offended to tears was not confirmed! Lacrimal ducts are present in animals, but they are used to moisturize the eyes, and not to express emotions.
My advice:
- You shouldn't cry day and night, but sometimes crying a little is not harmful, but very beneficial for our health!
"Where do tears come from?"
The project was completed by student 4 "A"
class:
Machaka Nikita
Project Manager:
Machaka Tamara Alexandrovna
Teacher GBOU SO "Boarding school
No. 1 of Engels "
Relevance:
We believe that the topic of our
research is relevant because
many people at least occasionally
cry, but hardly anyone
wondered what
this process influences
on our body.
Problem:
Crying seems so simple
action!
But there is a lot of incomprehensible in it. We
want to find out why we cry
where do tears come from, do they mean
something for a person?
Target:
find out where the tears come from and
why people cry.
Tasks:
1. Study the literature on this
topic.
2. Find out where the tears come from
and what are they for,
get acquainted with the composition of tears.
3. Conduct a survey.
4. Develop independence,
communicative qualities,
memory, thinking, creative
imagination as well
cognitive initiative.
Project type, type:
Short-term, educational
research.
Research object: human
Research subject: mechanism and reasons
tearing
Hypothesis: we assume that tears appear from
excess water in our body.
Research methods:
collection of information on the Internet;
conversation;
analysis of information;
survey;
preparation of presentation and defense of work.
Significance:
educational - will allow during work
to get new knowledge, facts on the project,
data of human physiology.
educational - consists in the development
personal qualities: efficiency,
entrepreneurial responsibility;
developing - using the method
projects is that we are aware
application of information
technologies, as well as acquired knowledge and
skills for analyzing and solving practical
tasks.
Expected Result:
1. Expanding knowledge of the process
lacrimation.
2. Find out where the tears come from?
3.Find out the reasons for this
process?
Participant category
research:
Students of 4 "a" grades, 10 years old.
Implementation period:
January February 2018.
Location:
MBOU Gymnasium №8 Engels
Project stages:
Stage I - preparatory - Arouse interest in the topic
project, discussion.
Stage II - main - Develop interest in the process,
what is happening in the human body, as a result of which
tears appear. Conversation. Questioning. Collection
information. Generalization. Presentation design.
What is a tear?
WE HAVE FIND OUT THAT TEARS are
transparent liquid produced
lacrimal gland of the eye, salty drop of water.
TEARS are a natural reaction of the body.
1 milliliter of tears wells up in my eyes per day,
360 ml per year,
in 75 years 27 liters accumulates
Look, that's where
tears appear:
A tear is a liquid that
produces the lacrimal gland and it is not
just water.
In 1791
French scientist
chemist Antoine
Lavoisier spent
first scientific
study of tears and
proved that tears
contain the usual
table salt -
sodium chloride.
Therefore tears flowing
on our cheeks, have
salty taste.
As part of tears
- 99% water,
0.1% protein
less than 1%
chloride
sodium (salt),
Little
carbonate
sodium (soda).
Types of tears
Basal -
stand out
constantly
Reflex
- reaction to
irritants
Emotional -
tears from emotion
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
Crying?
1. Tears perform a protective function - it is with their help with the eyes
gets rid of foreign objects.
2. They wet the surface of the eyeball. Otherwise
the surface of the eye would dry out in a very short period of time
3. They say that the best remedy for all sorrow is to cry.
... What do tears do?
.
.
.
.
.
.
Relieve stress
Relax emotions
Remove toxins from our body
Normalize pressure
Increase immunity
Promotes healing, as they have antibacterial
effect.
We conducted a survey among
classmates, and that's what we are
found out:
Do you cry often?
Yes; 15%
No; 85%
Yes
No
Thus, tears do not appear often in the eyes of the children.
When asked why you
cry we got
the following results:
I'm upset; 7%
from pain; 27%
from happiness; eleven%
from resentment; 55%
We can conclude that most often the cause of tears
our classmates resentment.
And we made sure that after
tears are getting easier
Do you feel better after crying?
No; 33%
Yes
No
Yes; 67%
It turns out that crying is very useful.
Often when we cry, mom says: “Well, cry, cry
- it will become easier. " And it really did get easier. With what
explain this riddle?
It turns out that scientists have found in the tear fluid
some amount of stress hormones. So, in
crying time we relieve stress and relieve
voltage. Hence the feeling of relief and calmness.
Because tears help the body to get rid of
substances harmful to him, formed as a result
stress, it is not surprising that, after crying, we begin
feel relief and calm down.
Main conclusions:
Our research work allows us to do
the conclusion that tears accompany a person all his life, they
him in sorrow, and in joy, and in calmness, and in stress.
In the course of our research work, we not only
achieved their goals, but also confirmed our
hypothesis that tears are not an excess of water in our
the body, and the substances he needs, which he himself and
works out.
The data of modern science suggests that sometimes,
when it becomes necessary, you need to cry and not
to be ashamed of their tears. Tears heal, tears return to
life, tears wash not only the eyes, but also cleanse
soul.
Thank you for the attention!
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