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     An effective form of stress release is real crying. Real crying comes from the emotions and stress caused by the problems the patient is facing, instead of experiences of other people like in movies or books. Real crying that comes from a person’s heart can make a big difference for a person’s stress relief and overall emotional healing, which also improves physical problems.

 

     Often times, when patients come to see me, they feel relaxed and tell me things they don’t talk to anyone else about because they feel like they can trust me. Many times they will feel safe enough to genuinely cry, letting out their stress. Some of them have seen psychiatrists before, but did not feel comfortable enough to open up, and left with their feelings still hidden. I do not know what it is about me that let my patients trust me, but when my patients can let their stress out and cry, I feel relaxed too.

---Joy Yang

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Please scroll down to watch the video testimonies

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Case 1: 

     A working mother with a baby came to see me for several problems, including insomnia, fatigue, depression and stress. The first time she came to see me, she started to cry after talking for several minutes. She said that before she came to my clinic, she wanted to cry, but was not able to. She could not talk about her feelings to her mother, friends, or even her husband, because her husband himself was causing her stress. So I told her she can cry at my clinic in the future too. I gave her an acupuncture treatment afterwards.

One week later, she came for her second appointment, and she told me that she slept very well the past week. She said she felt like she had only slept for thirty minutes, but the whole night had passed. She and her husband had been fighting a lot over the past two months, but in the last week she could control her temper and felt much calmer. Even her husband asked her why she didn’t argue with him anymore. Now her husband is coming for treatment from me too. She has also improved over 80% in her other symptoms.

 

Case 2:

      A 39 year old patient of mine came to me because she had stopped taking western medicine for depression, anxiety, insomnia and more to prepare for pregnancy. She wanted to use acupuncture to help her with these problems, as well as becoming pregnant.

     To me, she seemed like a very cheerful person. She was always happy when she came and laughed a lot during the treatment. When she said she doesn’t sleep well or had stress, it was because of her work, traveling and the consequent variations in her sleep and eating patterns.

     After several treatments, I still did not see any big improvements or turnaround. So I asked her, “What are the real source that caused these problems? I need to know the real source.”  She then explained that she was having a difficult relationship with her partner, and was struggling with whether or not she really wanted to become pregnant. Then she started to cry. To my surprise, after she started crying she could not stop.  I knew that the real healing process was beginning. While I treated her, she continued to cry.

     I knew I needed to change my treatment strategy. After she stopped crying and walked out of the treatment room, I saw that her face was shining.

 

Case 3.

    A 49 year old female patient came to the clinic, suffering from stress, depression, Lymes disease, digestion problems, and a myriad of other problems. In the first few weeks, every time this patient came she would cry. She did not have any specific reason for crying; she has a very caring husband. But I knew crying could help her recovery. During these several weeks, her crying lessened and eventually stopped.

     Now when she comes, she does not cry, and I feel that she has become emotionally lighter. She started to laugh and smile instead of cry. All her other symptoms have continued to improve in the progress of recovery.

 

     To help people cry from their heart is a healing art!