Why Do We Get Sad?

It happens, I suppose. The key is not staying sad .

I too have been sad for the past few days. I've just been in my head , missing and longing for places and people that are no longer with me. It was all triggered by a smell. It was a smell from my childhood at my Mamaw and Papaws house. Missing a place that no longer exists.

Regardless, its put me in a funk for the past 3 days. Now, I've got to figure out how to get out of it.

My therapist describes emotions as your inner guides. Sadness is an indicator of not being aligned with who or where you want to be in life, and sometimes just a natural way of letting and processing sadness, by being sad.

Sadness can be a catalyst and indicator for change, and sometimes a way of contracting to reflect. It isn't inherently bad, it's just a big push from your inner guides to process or change something because you matter to yourself.

Early onset depression. See a doctor if you can. You can be happy but you might need meds. I was about your age when it happened first with me.

Something in my heart is missing. Is it my past? Is it what I have done in my past that I am missing? I really don't know... Is it what I have NOT done in my past? I am kind of freaking out! I watch planes in the air all the time, and wonder where they are going. Are they going to a happy place? Are they going to Disney World for the first time? How excited are the children going to Disney for the first time. What the heck is wrong with me? I cry all the time. WTF???!!!

Usually the seasonal changes will do that. I have the same issues sometimes

I would say a lack of encouragement!

Perhaps we can’t appreciate happiness without sadness.

I'm tired of being sad. Life is never fair. Oh well

Cheer up BP.....COUNT ALL YOUR GOOD THINGS AND BE GLAD

It's just part of the human condition