If You Can’t Cry Anymore, This Is Why

People who don't cry are not

emotionless. They aren't stonehearted.

There's a reason why they don't cry.

See, when you feel strong emotions like

uh fear, sadness, anger, your amygdala,

the brain's emotional processor, it

reacts immediately. And if the emotion

is too intense, it signals the

hypothalamus, the part of your brain

that controls your body's physical

response. Now, think of your emotions

like steam in a pressure cooker. When

the pressure builds up, the hypothalamus

releases it through physical reactions

like a racing heart, tight chest or

tears. Crying is how your brain

regulates emotional overload. But not

everyone's brain works this way. If you

have been taught to suppress emotions

through trauma, strict upbringing or

constant stress, your prefrontal cortex,

the logical part of your brain, learns

to block the response. That is before

the amygdala can even send the distress

signal to hypothalamus the prefrontal

cortex stops it. No signal is equal to

no tears. And that's why some people

don't cry. But that doesn't mean they

are emotionless. It just means their

brain processes emotions differently.

And that's okay.