I’m a 40+ year old man. I can stub my toe and not cry, I can stand on Lego and push the pain aside and bang by funny bone and remain tear free.
But, if I watch a short video that has cute kids or acts of human kindness or hell, even kids movies I start to tear up.
My wife never does. What exactly is happening and why do I start to tear up when watching these sorts of videos?
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The easiest way to explain it is you have an emotional response to the videos. Different people respond differently to emotional stimuli. While you may be experiencing tears which are normally associated with sadness the same physical reactions can be gained from happiness. Your wife, on the other hand, doesn’t have that emotional response. The same happens when listening to music. Some people get a physical response to music like goosebumps and tears. Others feel nothing when listening to music. There is no real understanding of why people react differently though.
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