Why do I feel worse after crying?

Crying is the bodies way of releasing tension and emotion. Sometimes after we cry our minds go into a state of healing. We usually feel down and upset during this time, but we usually bounce back sooner rather than later. I know how this feels personally and I get it. Feeling worse after crying is normal. We sometimes even feel pain in our limbs, jaw, or head because it takes a lot of energy to cry, laugh, sing; etc. Just know that holding it in can also hurt as well, so try not to hold it in either. Letting out emotion is good and bad, but we always feel better about ourselves in the end knowing we got it out rather than bottling it up.

You may feel worse after crying as it is exhausting on your body. Crying releases stress hormones, causes an increased heart rate and slower breathing resulting in lower oxygen levels to your brain, crying is physically exhausting. And while the physical aspects of crying may leave your body feeling calm after it has spent so much energy, you may feel worse as you may not be emotionally self-aware and therefore crying may not relieve the particular emotional distress you are holding at any given point in time as you are not able to transform those emotions into something positive.

Sometimes, crying can be a really therapeutic way to release negative emotions. Other times, I find myself just feeling more vulnerable than how I started. For me, it all depends on the situation; crying from grief often results in getting a step closer to acceptance, while crying out of frustration only makes me more sensitive afterwards. All in all, though, crying mostly feels inevitable. When the tears come, it's not often that I feel I'm capable of stopping before it's run its full course. So I try to take the crooked with the straights, as my mom says. It's hard to know how crying is going to make you feel until you've done it, but when the moment feels right there's no shame in letting it loose.

First of all it’s okay to cry. It’s just harder to deal with sudden bursts of crying sometimes when you have depression and I relate to feeling worse after crying. Although not necessarily a bad thing to cry, studies have mentioned that crying can trick our brains into staying stuck in a bad incident or take us back to memories that triggered us, so it is helpful to distract yourself, if you can, and hopefully you save your energy and channel it where you’d like: be present and think of something you’re grateful for as that is an example for an anchor that can stop you from crying.

maybe you feel worse after crying is because your body has just taken an emotional breakdown and you feel drained . its always a good idea to get some rest or sleep after crying once you wake up you will most probably feel better. even after this you feel worse after crying try and eat something good as having food makes a person feel better somehow specially when its something sweet and moreover crying isn't a bad thing its a way through which you emote your emotions be it sadness or happiness. so when you cry out don't keep any guilt or feel guilty about it