What Makes Shower-Crying So Good
From a Ray Bradbury poem to a GIF-worthy reel of Tobias Fünke in Arrested Development, the appeal of crying in the shower has been well documented. But what is it about shower-crying that makes it so comforting? After studying over 5,000 crying episodes between men and women, University of Pittsburgh psychologist Lauren Byslma confirmed that people prefer to cry alone, making the privacy of the bathroom and the background noise of falling water the perfect setting for a little sob. Visit NYMag for more on the science of the shower-cry.
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