Catch it at the first eye-sting
Don’t wait until the tears are already rolling. Your best chance of postponing them is to act during the early warning period, when your eyes are just starting to sting or your breathing begins to change. “Once someone starts, it’s hard to pull it back,” says Lauren Bylsma, an associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh who studies crying. “It’s always easier to pull back emotions when they’re in that earlier, more mild stage.”
Your emotional starting point matters, too. If you slept terribly, got into a fight with your partner before work, or are already juggling six other…
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