Why Do You Get Choked When You’re About To Cry?
Have you ever noticed that getting choked when you’re about to cry is common to every other person? Well, this natural phenomenon has its own scientific explanation too. Experts describe the “lump” on the throat not as a lump exactly. They say that people get the feeling of a lump because the throat is actually struggling to perform two different actions at the same time.
The larynx through which human beings produce sound has a middle path called the glottis. The glottis is the passage which allows air to enter the body and pass into the lungs and closes when we swallow food and air. Experts opine that the vocal chords regulate the size of the passage of the glottis.
What Happens When You Fear or Get Angry in a Situation?
Experts opine that when you fear a situation and want to flee or when you get angry and want to probably fist someone, your heart rate increases, the lungs pump harder and the vocal chords stretch more in order to gasp for more breath required by the lungs.
Experts believe that the lungs and vocal chords function in the same way when people get emotional or are about to cry.
Why the Lump When You’re About to Cry?
The lumpy feeling on the throat arises when the glottis is stretched so much in order to accommodate the maximum amount of air from outside while at the same time you are also trying to swallow your tears.
The process of “swallowing” either while you are weeping or before you cry forces the glottis to close.
This constant expanding (for air) and closing (while swallowing) of the glottis is what makes people get the “lumpy” sensation in the throat and that is when you get choked to be able to say another word.