Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkTIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agothat partly explains why crying feels good.
that partly explains why crying feels good.