From the author: Having plunged into the study of sexual deviations, I turned to foreign periodicals in order to gain new empirical knowledge. As a result, a synopsis of a translated article about the study of dacryphilic experience appeared. Foreign periodicals on the topic of sexual desires regularly publish the results of the latest research, the authors of which wished to voice them. There are probably those who are in no hurry to share their discoveries, preferring the long way. I thank those who were not afraid to begin the research and were content with a certain time frame and the results obtained, which can become timely material for further discussions and study. Dacryphilia is an abnormal sexual attraction characterized by pleasure or arousal from tears and crying, and today day, almost not studied empirically. An empirical study of dacryphilic experience was conducted at the School of Social Research at the University of Nottingham using the method of online asynchronous interviewing. The complexity of the study lay in the relative availability of information and the reluctance of respondents to bring their interests to the table and to be “guinea pigs.” Despite the increasing tolerance of society, people with non-normative sexual interests prefer to stay and share information among their own kind, not daring to publicly speak and discuss their inclinations, including due to the illegality of some of them. Non-normative sexual desires, the so-called. paraphilias are described in the DSM-5 as any intense and persistent sexual arousal other than sexual arousal caused by genital stimulation or consensual foreplay with a phenotypically normal, physically mature human being. Also indicated are 2 criteria, the simultaneous fulfillment of which indicates the pathology of desire: a – intense repetitive sexual arousal, directly related to an object or activity corresponding to the description of paraphilia, for 6 months; b – sexual fantasies, impulses and behavior entail clinically significant disorder and impairment in social, occupational and other areas of life. DSM-5 also allows for the diagnosis of “other specific paraphilic disorders” and “non-specific paraphilic disorders” (unclear and requiring further research ).Many studies of deviant sexual desires have primarily focused on pathological sexual desires that have come to the attention of the judicial system and mental health institutions. The experiences of those who have not been studied or described their deviant sexual desire as a disorder remain poorly understood. The study of dacryphilia refers to studies of non-normative sexual desires that satisfy only criterion A. However, some authors consider dacryphilia as an expanded version of normative behavior in relation to other people's tears and crying - a greater desire to provide attention and contribute to the comfort of the crying person. This possibility still leaves open the question of why some people experience sexual arousal at the sight of tears and crying while others do not. Thus, overall, the sparse literature on dacryphilia suggests several directions for future research, without empirical evidence to support the theory. Respondents participating in the study identified themselves as heterosexual, bisexual, pansexual and heteroflexible, that is, there was no not a single person who clearly identifies himself as homosexual. Reports and descriptions of respondents in the study indicated three distinct areas of sexual desire within dacryphilia. I was interested in the two most significant of them: - empathy/compassion; - dominance/submission. Emotional crying andTears, unlike reflex tears, are a unique mammalian phenomenon, the function of which is still not fully understood. Crying was seen as a communicative function, especially in combination with helplessness and impotence. According to this approach, tears are shed as a sign of abandonment of the frustration and the subsequent realization that the frustrating circumstances cannot be overcome. The current paradigm frames tears and crying as acts of accommodation designed to elicit caring. Thus, crying can be seen as a means of gaining attention, empathy and support, and awakening in others a desire to help get rid of the source of discomfort. Empathy The study notes that for respondents with a tendency to empathy, the factor determining dacryphilia is the importance of comforting the cryer. Half of the study participants expressed dacryphilic drive through empathy/compassion, understanding it as pleasure or arousal through consoling a crying person. Most participants with an empathic disposition described their ability to comfort in a dacryphilic sense, as a natural role or duty. Being empathetic was seen as an innate characteristic, an identity that existed from an early age, and respondents even mentioned it as a marker for career choice. This trait is ingrained as a core part of their identity and remembered as part of childhood fantasies and desires, making empathy fundamental to their attraction and, the study authors suggest, suggesting that dacryphilia in their case will become a perennial, long-term sexual attraction. There is support for the idea that years of deviant sexual desire has childhood roots. Some respondents believe that their ability to be comforted sets them apart from other people. Others say that the ability to console could become the basis of professional activity. It has been suggested that people with strong cognitive empathy are more likely to provide a quick, supportive response to tears, and that some people are better suited to comforting someone who is crying than others. Respondents with high levels of empathy also emphasized that their dacryphilia focuses on comforting pain rather than pain itself. pain. A typical feature of the respondents’ descriptions with an emphasis on sympathy was the presence of childhood fantasies about consoling people with a difficult fate, alleviating their pain. Among the reasons for the development of dacryphilic attraction, the respondents themselves name the scenes they observed in childhood of the overthrow of a strong and high-status peer, a bully. The social rejection experienced by the latter gave respondents moral satisfaction. Men's tears, viewed by society as an unmanly act, represent a break in the gender mold that made a strong impression on respondents in childhood. This finding suggests that violating social norms may play a role in the desire to comfort and the satisfaction of compassion. Thus, we can say that violation of social/gender norms by other people can provoke the development of dacryphilia in respondents. Dominance/submission Sadomasochistic dacryphilia was disguised as sympathetic, since the respondents' notes did not contain an overt indication of such an active attraction. Respondents with an emphasis on dominance/submission expressed an attraction to tears and crying caused by emotional and/or physical pain. There is an interesting observation that tears and crying perform an adaptive function, aimed at obtaining a supportive response. Obviously, tears in the context of dominance/submission do not appear to receive a supportive response, but rather a response followed by emotional/physical pain and/or sexual activity, that is, crying and tears are intended to attract attention. Respondents who associate the act of crying with receiving attention note that immediate response.