Just a reminder girly pops: crying is a way to regulate overwhelming emotions and cortisol is literally in your tears so the stress hormone literally is leaving your body as you cry. You also release oxytocin and endorphins when you cry. So let's normalize crying as a strength and a good way to regulate an overwhelmed body because it literally can

How it compares

Viral factor

x198: about 198 times the views @drlynda.hormones usually gets. Viral factor divides a video's views by its account's usual views, so it measures how far the video beat its creator's normal reach, whatever the size of the account.

Views

1,499,957 views.

Engagement

20.3% engagement rate. 248,807 likes, 920 comments, 35,270 shares, 19,364 saves.

Hook

“Just a reminder girly pops: crying is a way to regulate overwhelming emotions and cortisol is literally in your tears so the stress hormone literally is leaving your body as you cry. You also release oxytocin and endorphins when you cry. So let's normalize crying as a strength and a good way to regulate an overwhelmed body because it literally can”: the opening line, the part that has to stop the scroll.

Filed under

niche: Mental Health & Wellbeing; format: Candid, unscripted.