How can I overcome sadness and be a happy person?

Answer 1

It's important to know yourself, know who you are, what you like, how you like it, and know how to enjoy yourself.

Writing sometimes helps. Do what you do best and see if that makes you happy.

Talk to your mother, best friend, whoever you think knows you better than anyone else. Make sure they know that you are unhappy, and ask them what they think.

And take care of your physical self, too. Make sure you are walking twenty minutes a day, breathing in fresh morning air, getting the sunlight and energy you need every day, drinking water, and finding as much alone time as you have social time outside of work.

Think of the ten things you have always wanted to do but for whatever reason couldn't or wouldn't. This is a list that can become a book on how to make you happy if you just keep listing what it is that is stopping you from those things, and then find out how to open up those options.

Good luck and take it easy.

Answer 2

Onlyhuman gave u some good advice! Ur question indicates that u experienced a sad event/situation... sadness is a very real & normal reaction.

As far as being a happy person, are u suffering from depression? Or u feel life can't be happy again because of the sad event/situation? There is proven science that shows being around pleasant/happy people makes u more positive by their energy.

R u eating, sleeping, and excercising? Life is finding the balance of all 3 of the above. When life stresses me out, I like to watch funny DVD's, read about positive life quotes, and I tend to excercise alittle more. Excercise makes for positive endorfins, add to some positive thinking,I work through life's frustrations. I remind myself it's only temporary that it will pass.

There is no shame by seeing either a mental health couselor or psychologist even clergy. Do u have a good friend who will listen to what u feel is sad & offer support?

I applaude u for recognizing sadness in ur life and that u would choose to be a happy person! Ur half way there by making that huge relization. Good luck

Answer 3

Being happy is a choice. Happiness is a state of the mind. No one can make you happy but yourself. How? Be thankful for the things that you have. Appreciate the things that you have .i.e. having complete parts of the body, having food on the table, having a computer, having a roof over your head, having five fingers. These are simple things you should be thankful for. See problems as challenges to make you a better person. Look beyond yourself and around you, you will notice less fortunate people than you are. So be happy for what you have. Happiness is wanting what you have and not having what you want. Change your perception and your attitude will change too. It will be difficult at first but keep trying. Everyday when you wake up, feel your body parts and say thank you for every inch of it. Remind yourself of all your small blessings and Stay happy.

Answer 4

I did it, so I promise you, it's possible. Choose to be happy, when you are going to get upset about something stop an reconsider the situation. Look for something positive in it. Realize that there is no point in getting upset about things you can't control anyway. The sadness will try to keep you and pull you back, don't let it. If you feel no change with in 3 months see a doctor.

Answer 5

Try reading The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr Norman Vincent Peale.

Answer 6

It is very difficult especially if you are that kind of person like I am, who enjoys in a masohistic kind of way to be sad:)

The best you can do, well my approach at least is, to surround myself with positive people in a good mood, to listen to a fun and relaxing, happy music (all the depressive songs you like so much should be moved to a "distinct folder"), watch comedies, go to an amusement park, remove all the irritation and the subjects that provoke your sadness, ignore and avoid them, sing, smile, don't be afraid to laugh:)

And most important of all: see the beauty around you and be aware of the fact that it is much more important than the negativism around you:)

Don't worry and be happy:)

CHeers!

Answer 7

sadness is a state of mind
you can overcome sadness with the help of the following
1:listen to soft music or the music you love.
2:try to make others happy because its said that
"happiness,the goal for which we are all striving,is reached by endeavouring to makethe lives of others happy"
3:pamper yourself internally and externally
i hope the following will help

Answer 8

Take acid a couple of times. It may cause a certain type of brain damage that will permanently alter your affect (the way you feel). Typically, it mildly increases your sense of well being and generall happiness. It's only 5 bucks a hit. That's a hell of a lot cheaper than being on prozac (or whatever feel good coctail the drug companies are currently peddling) for the rest of your life.

One other thought. Don't knock sadness. Feeling ANYTHING is precious. Many are so numb, they have to engage in stimulus seeking behaviours just to know they are alive. Feeling sad, even for a prolonged period of time, may be an adaptive response. That is, your brain is making you feel sad for a reason. Give it time, and it'll eventually change. Either you will change your environment, or you're brain will "reprogram/rewire" itself. Sadness is really just the pruning or your neural connections. I suspect your are in your mid-late teens. This is an important time in your transition from childhood to adulthood. Many of the old concepts that made you feel secure and complete (read happy) as a child are being shed as you enter grown up life. It's kind of like losing a loved one. Now your brain has to rewire, prune the old connections, and make new ones.

If drugs don't appeal to you (and by all rights they shouldn't), just try out different activities/behaviours (or lack of behaviours... like meditating or yoga). Being sad may be your brains way of saying... "hey man.. i'm bored.. let's do something.. i need stimulation".

People's personalities seem predisposed (mostly by nature, somewhat by environment) to have a certain level of happiness. Even lottery winners return to their pre-win levels of happiness after a time. So if you see someone that always seems super happy, don't be too jelous, cause it may not be possible to be like that. Then again, be thankfull you don't want to jump off a bridge to end the pain. Our moods balance out in the end. Alittle bit of this, alittle bit of that. Get somemore years under your belt, and you will look back and realize growing up HAD to suck.... that way you can enjoy being an adult.

P.S. If you do feel like jumping off a bridge, just tell someone. The meds do help if you go off the deep end.

Answer 9

sit down and write down all the things that are making you sad to begin with, all of them! Parents, BF/GF, Loss of a friend, Making new friends, School, life in general. You know those sorts of things, Then take that piece of paper and put it in a Jar, and take that Jar to a place where you know no one will ever find it. ANd dig a hole, And as you are digging that hole say to yourself over and over "no matter what from this day forth My heart and mind will be free of all that depresses me and stresses me out! I am Happy, and I am free of all my pain and sorrow thats keeping me down!" Keep saying that over and over til it is stuck in your mind. Then place that Jar inside the hole and cover it up and forget about everything your wrote down and forget where you buried that jar. Just go home and take a deep breathe and repeat that saying one more time, then simply forget about the whole situation.

Then find yourself a hoby that you really like to do, and could stand to do all the time. and live your life as though everyday as if it were the last! Live happily and long, for as long as you can. Because one day you will be faced with trials and tribulations that your heart feels it can't over come and you have to be strong enough to stand on your own!

Be well and Live happily

Love

Answer 10

Surround yourself with happy people and make some new friends. Also try and think positive as much as you can.

If you're after things in specific sign yourself up in cooking classes, art classes, sports etc and get participating. :) Good luck.

P.s If you are suffering with depression most days, that is another story, you may need a professional to assist you.