First of all, holding back tears can easily lead to depression. The reason why tears can release people's emotions is largely because of the unique chemicals contained in tears. Their discharge is beneficial to release mental stress, reduce people's manganese level and relieve anxiety and other emotions. If you hold back your tears, the emotional toxins in your body will not be discharged in time. In the long run, you will always be in a tense mental environment, which is not conducive to your health.
Secondly, holding back tears has a bad influence on the eye environment. Tears are mostly composed of water. Tears can clean eyes and moisten eyeballs. Moreover, a large amount of lysozyme contained in tears can kill bacteria gathered in the eyes and play a role in preventing eye diseases. Forcing yourself to hold back tears will lead to long-term dryness of the eye environment, which is prone to red blood; In addition, if the eyes are not cleaned and disinfected for a long time, it may affect the vision, and sometimes the vision will be blurred.
Finally, holding back tears can lead to endocrine disorders. The emotional change of tears will stimulate the secretion of hormones in the body, which is conducive to the regulation of physical state. Forcibly suppress the behavior of shedding tears, accumulate bad emotions and affect the function of some organs. For example, the stomach and intestines will become sensitive and fragile, and the secretion of gastric acid is lower than normal, which may easily lead to loss of appetite and may even lead to diseases such as gastric ulcer. And in some cases, improper hormone secretion will also reduce the function of the immune system.
Generally speaking, holding back tears is harmful to both body and mind. Many people always try to be brave, but ignore the potential danger of not crying. In fact, emotions should have a suitable release window, otherwise it will easily cause physical harm, thus affecting life expectancy.