Psychologist Gabriel Rolón: 'People don't tolerate the sincerity of crying and shouting'

Psychologist and author Gabriel Rolón has highlighted the critical role of crying and shouting as fundamental tools for emotional release, particularly when words fall short. During an appearance on the program 'Perros de la Calle,' Rolón explained that these primal expressions serve as necessary channels for processing intense pain and emotional overflow.

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The scream and the cry are the only way the word finds when there are no more words, when you can't say it because it overwhelms you and because what's happening in the body and in the emotion is so powerful that there are no words to describe it.

"The scream and the cry are the only way the word finds when there are no more words," Rolón stated, emphasizing that these outbursts occur when emotions are so potent they defy verbal description. He views these moments as essential for clearing the mind and regaining clarity after extreme distress.

Despite their therapeutic benefits, Rolón observed that contemporary society often exhibits discomfort with such unvarnished displays of vulnerability. "People don't tolerate so much sincerity of crying and sincerity of shouting very well," he remarked, suggesting this aversion stems from a difficulty in confronting pure, unmasked emotion.

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So, I really value those moments, those instances where someone, for sanity's sake, releases some of what's happening in their body because otherwise they can no longer think.

Rolón posits that witnessing genuine emotional pain is challenging for others, who may lack the appropriate responses to such raw feelings. He advocates for these human reactions as legitimate responses to overwhelming states that language alone cannot fully capture or resolve.

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People don't tolerate so much sincerity of crying and sincerity of shouting very well.