{"id":8271,"date":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/mind-body-crying-healthy-this-is-us\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","slug":"mind-body-crying-healthy-this-is-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/mind-body-crying-healthy-this-is-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Cry-Fest Over 'This Is Us' Has Surprising Health Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"
The This Is Us<\/em> cast wants to apologize for making you cry every week.<\/p>\n In a hilarious PSA-style clip by Entertainment Weekly<\/em>, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, and other cast members say they're sorry for the emotional rollercoaster they've been putting you on week after week.<\/p>\n This video was originally published back in October, around the time when This Is Us<\/em> premiered on NBC. But it's picking up steam now, perhaps because—spoiler alert!—a week after watching Randall endure a panic attack, the show delivered its most emotional episode yet with the devastating death of Randall's biological father, William.<\/p>\n Some may wonder why it's so appealing to watch a TV show that consistently brings you to tears, but science actually has your back. Research shows that becoming attached to your favorite characters can actually be healthy.<\/p>\n Crying over sad TV is a modern example of the paradox of tragedy<\/a>, which philosophers have been writing about for thousands of years. “Sadness is a negative emotion that we don’t enjoy feeling, and tragic fiction makes us sad,” said Jennifer Barnes, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma, in an interview with TIME<\/em><\/a>. “And yet, somehow we seem to enjoy tragic fiction.” One theory is that tragic fiction provides catharsis, and some research shows that some people really do feel better after a good cry<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span>