Dealing with sadness: An instinctive emotion

Sadness is a natural feeling of humans and associated with certain experiences of pain or loss that makes us to value our lives. We all try to evade sad mood. Sadness can be an outcome of loss, helplessness, or dissatisfaction, among many other factors. It is a natural human emotion fuelled by sorrowed situations.

Humans experience feelings of sadness and despair in response to antagonistic life events and it is normal part of life. Such events are major life changes, stress, or displeasure. In most cases, the sad feelings resolve the life stresses with the changes in life.

When we become sad, we lose interest in any activity, have low morale become lethargic, and want to live alone.  

 When I was in 7th standard, I lost one close friend which hit me mentally that I lost interest in all activities. Life became miserable without her because I shared my positive and negative events with her and after losing her, I thought that no one is in the world to understand my feelings. She always supported me in my failures and applauded me in my success. Slowly, I started memorizing happy moments spent with her in which my friend helped me, sensed my sorrow before I uttered. And these positive feelings gave strength to me to come out from sadness of separating from her. Now I remember my friend as a nice human beings and supporter of my life. Such techniques lessened my sad feelings.   

Sadness is an intricate emotional feeling that is difficult to cope up. People manage sadness in various ways and it motivates people to deal with their situation. To lessen the feeling of sadness, people must perform mindfulness meditation. There are numerous ways to get rid of sadness. People who have sad feelings must control emotions as it prevents these negative feelings to convert into depression or suicidal propensities. To lessen sadness, they must first be acknowledged and recognized in order to choose the best method to serve as emotional channel. 

Another effective way to reduce sadness is to start thinking positively as negative thoughts can lead to feelings of helplessness and depression. While developing joyful feelings, people can set healthy mind and think actions to explore the root cause of sadness.

Other ways to alleviate sad feelings is to get social support system like spending time with close friends or relatives. Going for movie or plan some adventurous visit is most suitable action to lessen a feeling of sadness. Music is great healer of negative feeling like sadness. It is advised to listen music of your choice to kick out sad feeling. Choosing favourite food also enhances mood and person feels happy by eating good food. It is wise step to change the environment and stay in illuminated environment instead of sitting in dark room. Doing exercise like walking can help to lessen feeling of sadness because energetic physical activities stimulate the production of the stimulant epinephrine and endorphins, a hormone that enhances mood. In state of sadness, individual must engage in hobby such as painting, playing guitar, reading books. These activities can serve as a booster to release negative feelings and improve mood.

To condense the dialogue, sadness is a negative emotion which gives birth to several mental and physical ailment. This is a sign of weakness and insufficiency. It is always better to embrace positive outlook towards life and move on to lessen sadness.

Important: This article is developed through environmental information, academic experience and/ or personal view of writer. Writer is not responsible for any disagreement