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Sadness is not a mental illness and Sadness Helps you!!How?

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Sadness is not a Mental illness and Sadness helps you!!?.How?

Sadness is not a Mental illness:

Sadness is an another Emotion. It is not a form of Depression. Depression is a Mental illness whereas Sadness is an Emotion. Sadness is of acute thing, lasts for short duration and You can able to find out the reason for sadness. Whereas, depression is of long duration and it is difficult for you to find out the exact reason for the current situation and it impairs social, occupational and other areas of life.

What is sadness?

Sadness is characterized by feelings of unhappiness and low mood and it is a normal response to situations that are upsetting, painful and disappointing. But Sadness helps you, How? discussed at the end of this article.

What are the other terms used for sadness or What are the other feel you have when you are sad?

  • Unhappy
  • Miserable
  • Disappointed
  • Gloomy
  • Heartbroken
  • Hopeless
  • Troubled
  • Lost
  • Grief

 

Sadness and Health:

Sadness can alter the  levels of Stress related Opioids in the brain and increases level of inflammatory proteins in the blood.

Dr.Tatiana Barichello documented based on their research “ Acute experimental changes in the mood state regulate immune system in relation to Central Opioid Neurotransmission”

Which means it has a negative impact and altering the Immune system. Feeling sad causes increased level of Inflammatory Cytokine called Interleukin -18 {IL-18} which is associated with Cardio vascular Diseases. In general, feeling sad impact on brain and having negative impact on your body associated with comorbid illness like Heart disease, Stroke and Metabolic Syndrome.

Tips to Overcome Sadness:

1.Don’t Suppress – Suppressing Emotions End up in Physical or Mental illness: Don’t suppress your Emotions. Suppressing Emotions makes your body weak. If you want to cry, just cry, Nothing wrong in it. In fact, Crying is good for you. If you suppress your sadness, it may end in another Emotions like Anger, Jealousy etc..depends upon the source. Sometimes end up in Physical or Mental illness.

2.Don’t Escape from your Sadness: Escaping from your sadness and deviating to other activities or being busy may leads to Depression. Just Acknowledge your emotions.

3.Give Separate time for allowing, understanding your emotions. Take time for sadness. Sounds funny!! But it works well.

4.Journaling– Write down everything comes in your mind which makes you sad. Just write down to calm your thoughts.

5.Practice Gratitude– Preferably by journaling which makes you more positive in approaching things in life

6.Self love –just love yourself, be kind to yourself, Practice Self compassion.

Self-compassion

7.Spend time with loved ones– Production of Oxytocin one of the Happy Hormones helps you to overcome from sadness.

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8.Watch some Comedy movies or scenes. Laughter is the best therapy!!

9.Embrace Change: Any changes in your life may be the reason for your sadness. Just embrace and become Adaptable.

10.General Tips include Listening Positive Music, Practicing Relaxation Techniques, Physical Exercise , Mindfulness and Meditation

The major difference between Sadness and Depression is Depression has suicidal thoughts!!

How sadness helps you:

  • Sadness is associated with increased activity of  brain mainly Right Occipital Lobe, Left Insula, Left Thalamus, Amygdala and Hippocampus. Hippocampus is strongly linked with your Memory. That’s why, we aware of certain memories when we are sad.
  • When sadness is adaptive, it can remind you what matters to you and what gives your life meaning. So it gives you the information to survive and thrive.
  • Sadness encourages your development in Thoughtfulness, Alertness and Resilience. In general, it fosters Positive personality traits.
  • Sadness is a Motivating agent to give an alarm, cue, signal to deal with Challenges.

Psychologist Robert firestone narrated “ When we feel sadness, it center us”

So Aware of our your sadness and mange it effectively to reap its benefits.

Its your choice, whether you reap benefits or progress in to mental illness.

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