Crying and waking in adults is mostly caused by mental stress or the presence of mental or psychological disorders. It is recommended to combine the patient’s own actual situation and make reasonable arrangements for medical treatment. 1, high mental stress: recent events that have a large impact on the psyche can easily lead to excessive nervousness and excitement, and even in a sleep state, it is easy to have sad or aggressive dreams, which can lead to fear, sadness, depression and other emotions in the heart, resulting in crying and waking up; 2, mental or psychological disorders diseases: such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc., can lead to abnormal changes in a person’s abnormal changes in mental status. For patients with obvious manifestations of mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, it is recommended to go to the psychology department for a psychological scale assessment to determine whether there is a combination of psychiatric or psychological-related diseases. In addition, nocturnal crying and waking is also common in infants and young children, usually due to nighttime hunger-induced crying. In addition, dreaming can also cause children to wake up at night due to fright or excessive sadness. Both adults and children who regularly wake up crying in their sleep with other uncomfortable symptoms should go to the hospital for medical examination to clarify the specific cause of their illness so as not to delay it.