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Feeling like you need to just sit in your room, peer through a rain-streaked window, listen to the Sound of Silence, and loudly wail?

We feel you.

Oh, and so does science. You’re not just a weirdo who loves to cry. That urge is for your own good.

It turns out that crying along to sad songs is guaranteed to make you feel better – so stick on Love Drought, sharpish.

A study published in Scientific Reports found that crying to sad songs produces a measurable sense of pleasure in the person doing it.

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Researchers asked participants to fill in a short survey about four different reactions to music, asking them how frequently they listen to music and get goose bumps, feel shivers down their spine, feel like crying, or get a lump in their throat.

Following the surveys, the participants were divided into two groups: one made up of people who got chills in response to music, and the other those who became teary when listening to music.

Each person then had to listen to six songs chosen to create an emotional response, including three songs that the participants had picked out as emotional.

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As they listened, the people were asked to press button whenever they had either chills or tears. They also moved a mouse around on a screen to show the amount of pleasure they were feeling, and their heart rates were tracked, too.

The researchers found that when people experienced chills or cried, they were more likely to be breathing deeply and experiencing pleasure – which suggests that we get genuine pleasure from listening to sad songs and have a fittingly emotional response.

The lesson? Crying along to sad music is a genuinely great way to relax, lessen your stress, and experience pleasure. Which is brilliant, basically.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to re-listen to Lemonade and sob over our past relationship choices at our desk. It’s good for us.

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