What Happens To Your Body When You Cry

When you feel yourself about to let lose some tears, you also begin to feel a hard lump forming in the back of your throat. Sometimes you don't even have to be sad to experience it. If you're nervous, you may also be met with the lump.

Dr. Jennifer Stagg, a biochemist and naturopathic physician enlightened us to not only what the lump is, but what it isn't. In speaking with She Knows, she first explained that it isn't actually a lump at all. Say what now? 

"In medical terminology, it is referred to as 'globus sensation,'" Stagg said. We may think we're literally choking back tears, but, in reality, we are just experiencing a feeling that something is stuck in our throats. Thanks, brain. That said, even though it's not "real," you can ease the feeling by sipping some water or eating.

Other than trying to ward off the feeling with some fluids and nibbles, Stagg says there's not much more than can be done — there's no definitive treatment. It just comes with the territory of being human.