Crying Spells. Written by Geri K. Metzger. Medically Reviewed by Jabeen Begum, MD on April 18, 2025. ... Take a deep breath. It’s your pregnancy, you can cry if you want to!

NICHOLAS Culpeper (1616–1654),1 the arch herbalist of the seventeenth century, probably wrote the earliest word on breath-holding spells:There is a disease ... in Children from Anger or Grief ...

Breath-holding spells: Paroxysmal events in young children characterised by a temporary cessation of breathing, often triggered by emotional or physical stimuli, and generally benign in nature.