Crying is usually related to women who have more sensitive feelings. But there are also men who easily cry. Apparently there are reasons why men cry easily.
People who easily cry is usually considered to be sentimental or over sensitive, but crying can be caused for many reasons, from a bad day at work, separation or grief. And this condition can occur either in women or men.
Nevertheless, crying also has positive effects on the body. According to William Frey, a professor at the University of Minnesota as reported by the Livestrong, crying is a response to the accumulation of chemicals in emotional stress and tears help eliminate these chemicals.
Body’s response to anything that triggers tears may be associated with the body’s ability to switch to a method of survival. Prof. Frey believes that crying can reduce stress.
Stress can increase the risk of heart attack and brain damage, so crying is one way to prevent it. Crying is the body’s natural way to control the stress hormone cortisol.
What causes men to cry easily?
If levels of testosterone in the body is low, people are more likely to crying frequently. This is why women cry more often than men, because women’s testosterone is lower than men.
Crying frequently can indeed be one of the symptoms that men experience a decrease in testosterone levels, including lack of motivation, lack of self-confidence and feelings of sadness or depression.
However, low testosterone or hypogonadism may occur with or without symptoms. The common symptoms are changes in sexual function, such as decreased sexual desire and erectile less.
In addition, changes in sleep patterns, insomnia, hair loss, reduced muscle and increased body fat may also occur in men who experience decreased testosterone.
So that guy who keeps crying is a sign of low testosterone levels. Male sex hormone testosterone or a male hormone that is responsible for the development of male sex and reproductive organs. It also helps maintain bone density, muscle strength and mass, red blood cell production, sex drive and sperm production.
Testosterone levels usually decrease with age, especially after the age of 50 years. However, there are other factors that also can reduce the male sex hormone.
