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The clubs where you pay to have someone make you cry

21 December 2018

Paying to watch sad films and listen to sad music — the unusual experience of Japan’s ‘crying clubs’, where participants de-stress through weeping.

Psychotherapist Corinne Sweet explained to Mornings with Kaye Adams that crying is important.

She explained that humans have different biochemistry for different tears: tears cried while upset or grieving, for example, contain de-stressing/detoxifing chemicals. That’s why many of us report feeling better once we’ve had a good cry.

“As a culture, we have a of caveats against crying. For grown-ups to cry, especially at work, is seen as a weakness; but by crying you might be releasing a lot of stress.”