You can choose evidently to not be. Get out of your head. Stop moping. Fix yourself. I say that to myself every day. E-v-e-r-y day. Why would you say that to yourself? There is an entrance to depression, an event or occurance, that tells your Self to feel depressed. Therefore, please know that there is an equally strong opposing potential. That is the simple yet very effective strategy perhaps it is a coping skill? I have learned. Choose to change your mind. Think outside of the box of depression into which you have somehow chosen to place yourself.
You may never be able to fix other people, but you can willfully and beautifully choose to fix yourself. Nobody else can. Choose to be the best and do the best that you can. Neaely all the people thag ive known said that being sad is a choice but why would sadness not be a choice and happiness be one….. Emotions are NOT controllable. Happiness is not a choice and neither is sadness. You obviously have never been depressed, why are you here? Wonderful, amazing.
To the point. The answer is clear. Now I need help. I became interested in this subject when I walked into work and my co worker. I like to start my day out happy. But I get his point. We cling to the emotions we are feeling. I had a bad few weeks about a year ago where nothing I did would make me happy. I went and ate dinner and saw movies with friends and could hardly smile even though I wanted to. My friends also criticized me for being a downer.
I eventually went outside got lots of sunlight and started to go into nature more and that helped dramatically. Just a theory on why we may stick closer to sad pictures or sad songs. Thank you for reading. Thank you for your post. When I have been severely depressed it has been because I felt hopeless, trapped, like I cant win, like I am being controlled. I hate those feelings. Life is a series of growing closer to others and then growing apart slowly. But as we age we lose more close relatives and friends due to natural death.
The sadness is the loss of a dear friend. Sadness becomes a major part of us. In Spanish the word is Triste to sound like Christ. Depression is knowing the fact that those we loved are no more. Sadness, fear and anger are the only emotions I really feel, so maybe i listen to sad music to feel that emotion to a higher level. We all need to feel something, but anger and fear are too negative and not emotions that most of us want to feel on purpose.
If I try to avoid it, if I avoid anything that would trigger it, I end up no happier, but empty and emotionless. So I stay sad. At first when reading your post I got upset, thinking you must not understand true clinical depression. But then your last thought said it all.
It speaks loudly and with familiarity. Every day you tryfrom the moment you wake up work to not choose sad. I truly understand. Even taking medication for depression and bipolar disorder I struggle with those thoughts in bouts. We perhaps need for ourselves some breaks and care less about our thoughts and emotions.
Shift emotions is wonderful talent, or skill. Choose to move on, forget all about them, and have no obligation to change things happened are wise ways out of doomed trap. It is not easy but eventually we do. Sadness is familiar. A comfort zone. Despite people trying to make you happy, you feel safer in that pit but it can never be understood by most.
As a person diagnosed with acute depression,I would like to pitch in here as to the reason of the aforementioned choice. When I do, I feel less alone, I feel understood. With debilitating depression those feelings are difficult to control and one involuntarily acts on them. This in turn leads to guilt. Instead of getting help you become the jealous, bitter person no one wants to be around and they will not mince their words.
The higher you climb the farther you will fall, the worse it hurts. I guarantee that. For someone with long term acute depression or manic depression this is how it works. Therapists are also human,they sometimes say the wrong things. It motivates us to think carefully about our situations and to make changes to improve our lives. Depression is different, however. Instead of feeling motivated to make changes, depression tends to cause people to lose motivation. Rather than making them think more clearly, people with depression show diminished cognitive functioning on several domains.
The evidence suggests that people with tendencies to clinical depression also respond to music differently. We conducted experiments in which we asked people to listen to a self-selected piece of music that made them sad and another that made them happy.
We then measured their response to the music. We found that rather than feeling better after listening to sad music, people with high scores in rumination reported feeling more depressed. It usually goes hand-in-hand with depression. Our research shows that when people are ruminators, listening to sad music seems to perpetuate these cycles of negative thinking, often prompting sad memories and negative thoughts.
A person with a tendency to depression, however, might listen to the same song but focus on thoughts of how love never works out for them, or how they will never be able to fall in love with anyone else. Thus, instead of feeling better, their negative thought patterns are only deepened by listening to such a song.
In our study, all participants felt more depressed after listening to the sad song they had nominated. For a healthy person this feeling is probably no more than a minor blip in their day and may even help them obtain some important psychological benefits along with way.
Writing your thoughts in a diary, for example, may help you find a new perspective. Keep yourself safe. If you feel at risk of hurting yourself , let someone know immediately.
If a prescribed medication makes you feel down, let your doctor know. And talk to your doctor before taking any non-prescribed medications or complementary or alternative medicines. Do things that you enjoy and that are good for you. Find ways to make your life more pleasurable: listen to music, go for a walk, read a book, call a friend.
Tackle one problem at a time. Have confidence that things will improve. You need to trust that your sad feelings will lessen with time and effort. Supporting someone else who is feeling sad Maybe you know someone else who is feeling sad. Here are four basic tips: Ask the person if they are okay. Just checking shows you care. Listen without judging. If the person is reluctant to ask someone for help such as a school counsellor, a workplace HR representative or a doctor , you may be able to help by offering to go with them, finding the contact information for them to make the call, or even by finding them some helpful information from a trusted and credible source.
Reassure them that sadness is a valid emotion, and can be overcome. Sadness is different from depression Feeling sad does not mean you have depression. Depression: is a longer term feeling more than two weeks of severe sadness and other symptoms. These symptoms may include sleeplessness, low energy, concentration problems, pessimism, loss of hope, suicidal thoughts and appetite issues.
Maybe the person has experienced a trauma or psychological stress can lead to significant weight change or sleep disruption. Remember… Everyone feels sad sometimes. You can learn to manage your sadness.
Feeling sad does not mean you are experiencing depression If you have been feeling persistently sad for more than two weeks or you have lost interest in most of your usual activities, you might be depressed.
In this case, it is important to seek help. SANE Forums are full of people who want to talk to you and offer support. More information here. Why sadness is your friend, Lifehack. Being sad can be good for you, Body and Soul. The importance of sadness, Mindful. What's the difference between being depressed and being sad or unhappy, , Women's College Hospital.
Is it depression or sadness? Learn the signs, November , Healthline. Give feedback about this page. Was this page helpful?
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