They came, they heard and thentogether cried their hearts out!
tnn | Mar 18, 2019, 04:35 IST
People from various walks of life aged 7-70 took part in the eventSurat: If there can be tears of joy, why not wet your eyes to get rid of pain, too? Trust Surtis to know the art of relieving pain fast — they simply let it flow out of their eyes.
Yet another chapter of this unique programme was held in the city on Sunday at the Gandhi Smruti Bhavan in Nanpura. More than 700 persons, from 7 years to 70 years of age, assembled together and bawled away their pain uninhibitedly. Actually, these were more tears of relief than of anguish, as according to the organizers, the Crying Club, crying helps reduce pain and promotes sense of well-being.
City-based psychiatrist, Dr Mukul Choksi said, “Crying is a normal expression of grief, frustration, despair or any other extreme emotion of life including joy, happiness. Pent-up emotions are relived through crying. Society tries to restrict public crying. This an effort to remove this restriction and let people cry and get relieved from their internal agony.” Pointing to the club’s tag line ‘Healthy crying club — Promoting tears to cheers’, he said, “We hope, we will be able to help and make a difference in people’s life.”
Dhruvi Kapadia, a makeup artist and social worker, considers crying as a gift of God and panacea too. She said, “Majority of people in our society can’t cry and share their grief. I understood by crying that you must cry to remain healthy. Hug, whoever is with you, talk to them and share your agonies. It will make you feel happy.” She further justified her point by saying, “When a child is born, the first thing it does is cry. You can’t just stop it. My husband could not cry even when my mother-in-law died but now, with this experience, I am happy to see him share himself and relaxed as he is able to cry.”
This club is designed to share and relieve people of their hidden worries and anguishes, explained Organizer Kamlesh Masalawala. He said the programme on Sunday was the 25th one and it shows people have started accepting it. “We will propagate it as a therapy for common man,” he added.
Social worker, Mona Desai, attended the session for the first time. She said, “For those who don’t cry, it is a very good platform. Everyone has a story and when you listen to their story, you feel associated with it and relate your own experience with it to make you cry. For males, it is very important to cry once a while.”
The club will hold its next session in Hyderabad next Sunday.
Yet another chapter of this unique programme was held in the city on Sunday at the Gandhi Smruti Bhavan in Nanpura. More than 700 persons, from 7 years to 70 years of age, assembled together and bawled away their pain uninhibitedly. Actually, these were more tears of relief than of anguish, as according to the organizers, the Crying Club, crying helps reduce pain and promotes sense of well-being.
City-based psychiatrist, Dr Mukul Choksi said, “Crying is a normal expression of grief, frustration, despair or any other extreme emotion of life including joy, happiness. Pent-up emotions are relived through crying. Society tries to restrict public crying. This an effort to remove this restriction and let people cry and get relieved from their internal agony.” Pointing to the club’s tag line ‘Healthy crying club — Promoting tears to cheers’, he said, “We hope, we will be able to help and make a difference in people’s life.”
Dhruvi Kapadia, a makeup artist and social worker, considers crying as a gift of God and panacea too. She said, “Majority of people in our society can’t cry and share their grief. I understood by crying that you must cry to remain healthy. Hug, whoever is with you, talk to them and share your agonies. It will make you feel happy.” She further justified her point by saying, “When a child is born, the first thing it does is cry. You can’t just stop it. My husband could not cry even when my mother-in-law died but now, with this experience, I am happy to see him share himself and relaxed as he is able to cry.”
This club is designed to share and relieve people of their hidden worries and anguishes, explained Organizer Kamlesh Masalawala. He said the programme on Sunday was the 25th one and it shows people have started accepting it. “We will propagate it as a therapy for common man,” he added.
Social worker, Mona Desai, attended the session for the first time. She said, “For those who don’t cry, it is a very good platform. Everyone has a story and when you listen to their story, you feel associated with it and relate your own experience with it to make you cry. For males, it is very important to cry once a while.”
The club will hold its next session in Hyderabad next Sunday.
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