Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In Direct ...

I’m a big crier. The tears flow when I’m feeling sad. Or grateful. Or frustrated. Awestruck, PMS-y, joyous, relieved…. You get the idea. I used to try and hide this tendency like it was something to ...

It is the Year of the Horse, and in China, a frowning horse plushie is selling out. The "Are You Dead?" app went viral, but was later removed from the Apple App Store. Apple said China's cybersecurity ...

Taylor Swift opened up about getting her masters back on New Heights, getting visibly emotional while talking about the efforts her mom and brother went to in order to help her reclaim her music, ...

It happened on an ordinary weekday afternoon. You weren’t going through a breakup. No one had died. You didn’t even feel particularly sad until suddenly, you were. Out of nowhere, your eyes welled up, ...

Tears are usually seen as a sign of sadness or pain, but it’s not uncommon for people to cry during life’s most joyful moments: weddings, births, reunions, sporting triumphs, or even just an ...

The Brazilian woman who went viral after refusing to give up her pre-selected window seat to a crying child says she has officially filed charges against the airline and the passenger who filmed her.

The limbic system, responsible for regulating emotions, plays a crucial role in determining how strongly a person reacts to emotional stimuli. Some individuals have a more active limbic system, ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In my psychology practice, when tears enter the room, they have a way of cutting through the noise—all of the ...

More than 30 years before ‘Emilia Perez,’ Neil Jordan’s film starring newcomer Jaye Davidson as a trans character became a sensation in the U.S. with a savvy word-of-mouth marketing campaign. By Ryan ...

There was a time when crying in front of others might have induced shame and embarrassment. But for younger generations who can scarcely remember a time without social media, it’s now common to post ...