Name: 為什麼有些人容易哭？心理學家揭密！ (The Psychology of Why Some People Cry Easily)
Uploaded: 2026-02-08T18:05:59.000Z
Duration: 6 min 55 s

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If you've ever cried at a commercial, a song, or just because someone said something genuinely kind to you, you're not broken and you're not too sensitive.

如果你曾經因為一則廣告、一首歌，或是單純因為有人對你說了很真誠善良的話而感動落淚，你並沒有壞掉，也不是太敏感。

Your brain may simply process emotions more openly than most.

你的大腦可能只是比大多數人更開放地處理情緒。

For a lot of people, emotions get filtered, muted, or pushed aside for you.

對很多人來說，情緒會被過濾、壓抑或擱置，但對你而言，

It means you're experiencing life with fewer emotional barriers.

這表示你體驗生活時，emotional barriers 較少。

Or you're in a conversation and someone gives you sincere feedback.

或是在跟人哈拉時，對方給你真心回饋。

And you're thinking, yes, this just moved me.

而你心裡想，對啊，我只是被感動了。

You're not overly emotional, you're not dramatic, and you're not failing at emotional control.

你不是情緒過度，不是戲劇化，也不是情緒控制失敗。

Your psychology is simply tuned a little differently.

你的心理學只是調校得有點不一樣。

So let's break down what's really happening.

所以，我們來仔細看看到底發生了什麼事。

Number one, your emotional bandwidth is wider.

第一點，你的 emotional bandwidth 更寬廣。

Many people have a built in emotional buffer.

很多人天生就有個 emotional buffer。

Something happens, their brain filters it, softens it, and delivers a manageable version.

事情發生時，他們的大腦會過濾、軟化，然後傳遞一個可以應付的版本。

Psychologists refer to this as heightened emotional sensitivity.

心理學家稱這種現象為 heightened emotional sensitivity。

It means your nervous system registers emotional information more intensely and more quickly.

這表示你的神經系統能更強烈、更快速地接收 emotional information。

Small moments can carry big emotional weight.

小小的瞬間可能承載著巨大的 emotional weight。

Not because you're exaggerating them, but because you're perceiving more of what's there.

這不是因為你在誇大，而是因為你感知到了更多潛藏的訊息。

Research suggests that roughly 20% of people experience emotions more vividly than average.

研究顯示，大約有 20% 的人比一般人更鮮明地體驗情緒。

These individuals often notice tone changes, emotional subtext and meaning that others miss entirely.

這些人常常能注意到別人完全忽略的語氣變化、emotional subtext 和意義。

So you're not just feeling more, you're noticing more.

所以你不是隻是感受更多，而是你注意到更多。

A pause in someone's voice, a line in a song that hits too close, a quiet moment of kindness.

別人語氣中的停頓、歌曲中觸動心絃的歌詞，或是片刻的溫柔。

Your brain picks up emotional signals that pass right through other people.

你的大腦能接收到別人完全忽略的 emotional signals。

Does your sensitivity paired with awareness?

你的敏感度有伴隨著覺察力嗎？

Your tears are a release, not a breakdown.

你的眼淚是一種釋放，而不是崩潰。

There's a common myth that crying for no reason means something is wrong.

有個常見的迷思是，無緣無故哭泣就代表有問題。

When you cry, it's rarely about just one thing.

當你哭的時候，很少是隻為了同一件事。

Your brain is connecting memories, current stress, unspoken emotions, and unresolved thoughts.

你的大腦正在連結記憶、目前的壓力、未說出口的情緒，還有懸而未決的想法。

The tears show up when your system decides it's time to let something move through instead of staying stuck.

當你的系統決定是時候讓某些情緒流動過去，而不是卡住時，眼淚就會出現。

Psychologists describe this as emotional accumulation.

心理學家稱之為 emotional accumulation。

Small triggers release larger emotional builds that have been forming quietly over time.

小小的觸發點會釋放出隨著時間悄悄累積的情緒能量。

Some studies have found that people who cry more regularly tend to show lower baseline stress levels.

有些研究發現，經常哭泣的人，baseline stress levels 通常較低。

Tears activate the body's calming system and help regulate emotional overload.

眼淚會啟動身體的 calming system，幫助調節 emotional overload。

In other words, crying Is not your system failing, it's your system doing maintenance.

換句話說，哭泣不是你的系統失靈，而是你的系統在進行維護。

Of course, crying is healthiest when it feels relieving rather than overwhelming.

當然，哭泣在感覺舒緩而不是壓倒性的時候，是最健康的。

And if emotions ever feel unmanageable, support matters.

如果情緒感覺難以負荷，尋求支持是很重要的。

But for many people, tears are simply how the body processes and resets.

但對許多人來說，眼淚只是身體處理和重置的方式。

Crying can increase emotional resilience.

哭泣可以增強 emotional resilience。

People often assume that those who cry easily can't handle intensity.

很多人都以為，容易哭的人就承受不了壓力。

In reality, many highly emotional people can handle more because they release emotions instead of storing them.

事實上，很多情緒豐富的人反而能承受更多，因為他們是釋放情緒，而不是壓抑。

When feelings are expressed, they don't build the same internal pressure.

當情緒被表達出來，就不會累積那麼大的內在壓力。

Your emotional capacity isn't smaller, it's actively regulated.

你的 emotional capacity 並沒有比較小，而是有在主動調節。

Research has linked emotional expression with stronger recovery from stress and higher emotional awareness.

研究顯示，情緒表達跟壓力恢復能力更強、以及更高的 emotional awareness 有關。

People who allow themselves to cry often recognize, name, and process emotions more effectively.

允許自己哭泣的人，通常能更有效地辨識、命名和處理情緒。

So what they're calling emotionally unstable is actually emotional fluency.

所以，他們說情緒不穩定，其實是 emotional fluency。

And there is another effect people don't talk about.

還有一個大家比較少談到的效果。

Enough tears can act as a filter for connection.

足夠的眼淚可以當作連結的過濾器。

When you're open with your emotions, you quickly learn who feels safe and who doesn't.

當你對自己的情緒坦誠時，你很快就能知道誰讓你感到安心，誰又不會。

The people who can sit with your feelings without trying to fix or dismiss them are usually the ones worth keeping close.

那些能好好感受情緒，而不是急著想解決或忽略它們的人，通常是最值得你珍惜的。

Many people cope by dampening emotional signals over time that can create distance from their own inner experience.

很多人會透過壓抑 emotional signals 來應對，久而久之，這會讓他們離自己的內在體驗越來越遠。

So when you express emotion openly, it can make others uncomfortable.

所以當你開放地表達情緒時，可能會讓別人感到不舒服。

You're not doing anything wrong, but you're doing something they've learned to avoid.

你沒有做錯任何事，但你做了他們學會去迴避的事。

Psychologists call this emotional projection.

心理學家稱之為 emotional projection。

Instead of examining their own discomfort.

People may label your emotional expression as excessive.

別人可能會把你的情緒表達標籤化為「太多」。

But being moved by things isn't dysfunction, it's responsiveness.

但被事物觸動並不是失調，而是反應力。

And research has consistently linked long term emotional suppression with increased stress and physical health strain.

研究也一再顯示，長期的情緒壓抑會增加壓力與身體健康負擔。

So feeling deeply isn't the risky behavior.

所以深刻感受並不是危險的行為。

You're responding appropriately to meaningful experiences.

你是對有意義的經驗做出適當的回應。

你的眼淚傳達了言語無法表達的。

Sometimes emotions surface before language catches up.

有時候情緒會在語言跟上之前就浮現。

You cry when you're overwhelmed because your system is signaling overload.

當你感到不知所措時哭泣，是因為你的系統正在發出 emotional overload 的訊號。

You cry when you're touched because your body recognizes connection.

當你感動時哭泣，是因為你的身體辨識出了連結。

You cry when you're frustrated because something needs attention.

你在感到沮喪時哭泣，是因為有些事情需要關注。

Neuroscience shows that emotional tears activate calming pathways in the nervous system, helping the body process and regulate experience.

神經科學研究顯示，情緒性的眼淚會活化神經系統中的 calming system，幫助身體處理和調節經驗。

We live in a world that often rewards emotional distance.

我們活在一個常常鼓勵情感疏離的世界。

But you have stayed connected to the full spectrum of feeling, to beauty, to pain, to meaning.

但你仍然與各種感受、美、痛苦、意義連結著。

Crying makes people uncomfortable because it reveals something we're often taught to hide.

哭泣會讓別人感到不自在，因為它揭露了我們常被教導要隱藏的東西。

So the next time someone asks, why are you crying?

所以下次有人問，你為什麼哭？

You're just allowing yourself to feel what's real.

你只是允許自己感受真實的感受。

So while everyone else keeps numbing themselves, you continue to be deeply human.

所以當其他人繼續麻痺自己時，你繼續做一個深刻真實的人。