the crying status is caused by current mind points being too low.  0-2 if i remember correct.  

out of combat, this should fix itself on the next regeneration tick, provided you do not have a character with the "scary" trait wandering around or assigned to a room in main pathways causing mental damage.  (the scary trait causes mind damage whenever this character encounters other characters.)

in combat, the only way to clear the condition is using a move or item that restores mind.  these methods also work out of combat.

in the past, there was a bug where the event queue broke, preventing any further regeneration ticks.  if you see this, please report it.  another symptom was pregnancies that do not end.

last patch, so far as i've seen, fixed this bug, so i'm putting my money on the cause being a "scary" character.