Korkie pointed out that expressing emotion, which may include
crying, is one of the components of the psychotherapeutic process, "irrespective of gender or culture."
Unfortunately,
crying tends to increase beginning at 2 weeks post term, right when the partner returns to work or relatives leave.
Our
crying affirms that we live in an absurdly random world and can do nothing about it.
Wolker said the new
crying chart would help health workers reassure parents whether their baby is
crying within a normal range in the first three months, or may need extra support.
Hearing the word "colic" also gives parents the impression that the
crying can be fixed.
The link with serotonin transporter has emerged from two neuroimaging studies that have used radioligand binding to understand serotonin function in stroke patients with pathological
crying. A single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) study by Murai (9) found lower SERT binding ratios in the midbrain and pons in pathological
crying patients compared to non-affected controls, while a positron emission tomography (PET) study by Mpller, Andersen et al (10) found a globally lower level of [5HT.sub.1A] receptor binding associated with pathological
crying.
Every day there was a period of time in which her baby girl was inconsolable, unable to stop
crying on her own.
Several decades ago it was suggested that newborns could cry in different ways depending on what caused the
crying (Wolff, 1969).
"We feel better after
crying because we are literally
crying it out," said Professor William Frey, who worked on the study.
"The fact that the dogs differentiated between
crying and humming indicates that their response to
crying was not purely driven by curiosity.
There are considerable individual differences in adult
crying in relation to frequency and the reasons behind the action.
I have since come to know that many little girls were also discouraged from
crying. Many women born biologically female have experienced the same unacceptability of tears.