Tears of Joy
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 25 (3) , 264-265
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378002500311
Abstract
“Tears of joy” refers to crying when there has been a psychological gain, not a loss. The dynamic explanation of the phenomenon is that the need to repress sadness is lifted because of the gain; genetically the crying is over past losses. A clinical vignette illustrating the phenomenon is given here. It relieved the patient to be told that her symptoms did not mean that she was sick and requiring medication.Keywords
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- Crying at the Happy EndingJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1956