Every time your eyes are filled with tears and to trying to pour your heartout, there is someone who makes you hold back those tears. But, psychologists recommend that people should cry whenever they feel like. So, don\'t shy away from letting out those tears. It\'s healthy to do so. Here\'s how crying helps: Tears clear your eyes The most reason why crying helps is that tears is that they enable us to see. Yes, they certainly do. Tears lubricate the eyeballs and eyelids and also prevent dehydration of various mucous membranes. Tears kill bacteria Tears work as anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents, fighting off germs we pick up from shopping carts, public sinks, and all the places these germs make their homes and procreate. They contain lysozyme, a fluid, which can kill 90 to 95 per cent of all bacteria in just 5-10 minutes. Tears elevate mood It is believed that the act of crying can lower a person\'s manganese level, which can otherwise give rise to anxiety, nervousness, irritability, fatigue, aggression, emotional disturbance, and the rest of the feelings that live inside you. Tears lower stress Just like exercising, tears to help relieve stress. Tears help remove some of the chemicals built up in the body from stress, like the leucine enkephalin and prolactin. Suppressing tears could increase stress levels, and contributes to diseases aggravated by stress, such as high blood pressure, heart problems, and peptic ulcers. Tears release feelings Crying is therapeutic. It lets the anxiety, frustration out, before it\'s creates all kind of havoc with your nervous and cardiovascular systems. Time and again you go through conflicts and resentments and sometimes this gathers inside the limbic system of the brain and in certain corners of the heart. Your feelings are like air. The more you suppress your emotions, the more they are bound to explode some day. Suppressing feelings affects the quality. Crying is all about cleansing your mind and it is considered very healthy and gives you a relaxed feeling. So, let your feelings be felt.