What is sadness?

Answer 1

Sadness is not having sex!!!

Answer 2

Sadness is not something that can be defined as it is to subjective given the many differences among us as humans. Yes, the above answers have attempted to explain it scientifically or physiologically.... B/S..... Only you can know what sadness is and whether or not you are sad. The only possible exception would involve two people who are so close in every possible way that their connection is quasi-magical. Thus enabling a deeper understanding of each other and the possibility of identifying sadness in another. I hope you are not sad, if you are remember things always can be worse.....you could be me : )

Answer 3

Sadness is a state of mind, resulting in changes to the brain chemical balance. I the past it was a way for the human mind to become aware that there was something wrong and allow them to make a change to resolve there situation.
For example "A cave man is still in a field and its pouring with rain, he feels sad as he is cold and wet so he goes and looks for shelter"

Answer 4

If you are deeling with sadness, here is an answer I gave someone else. Perhaps something in it can help you, Love. I hope so. Good Luck & God bless. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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These are things that helped me. Hope they help you as well, Love. I was given a book called ‘How We Choose to be Happy’ that changed my life. You may want to read it. It said (not verbatim) ‘If you want to know who you are, just look at your friends. Happy people don't hang out at the gloomy club.’ If you hang with unhappy people, you will be unhappy too. I also discovered that if I didn't like something about myself, it didn't make me bad or worthless. If something was undesirable, I could change it! Just because I didn't like something about myself didn't make me a bad person. It just made me Human and fallible…. just like everyone else.

Next, I examined my thinking. First, I had to consider what I thought and listened to, i.e., what I fed my mind; music, movies, friends, books. Was the input positive or negative/productive or destructive? I used to watch and listen to the news, sad songs, dramas, and people with negative opinions. I quit reading and watching the news, changed my music, changed the people I dealt with to more upbeat people and limited my contact with those who were negative, watched more comedies and inspirational movies, and started reading stories that inspire me! These things helped greatly.

I bought many self-help books written by people who have been in my place and know how I feel. I also learned meditation. It took time and patience, but I found it very beneficial. Now I can get lost in it for hours. I also found spirituality. Another book said anything you ask God (or The Universe) is answered. All you have to do is learn to listen. Answers come from everywhere (books, songs, children, movies, sudden thoughts, intuition…). We just need to pay attention. I found this to be very true.

It is also important to examine how you view and address yourself. Are you hard on yourself? Do you criticize yourself and call yourself names? (Like, “That was a stupid thing to do!” instead of “OK. That was a mistake, but how can I learn from it?”) If so, would you treat a valued friend that way? It would hurt his/her feelings, right? If you wouldn't treat a friend so unkind, then don't disrespect yourself either. Become your own loving, trusted friend. Be kind, patient, and understanding with yourself… and you'll learn to be a better friend to others as well.

I hope some of this helps, Love. Good Luck and God Bless!

Answer 5

an emotional state.. feeling an intense pain deep inside.. clutching at your heart.. reaping out every fiber of your being and tearing apart every remnant of joy you ever felt in your life.. it's a sad sad sad state of being lonely.. etc. etc.

Answer 6

The opposite of happiness.

Answer 7

when you feel as if no one will ever love you and you just want to keel over and die. like youll never be happy again and your all alone in the world you feel like some one has ripped your heart out and your in the middle of the room dieing and theres a circle of people around you laughing as you suffer

Answer 8

sadness,...the emotion we all dread..the emotion that is a result of an unhappy experience in our lives,..losing a loved one, losing a job,...a result of loss, or grief from defeatedness...it is, as one person said, the opposite of happiness...and well being..it leaves us feeling so insecure

Answer 9

A raw emotion!

Answer 10

An unwelcome emptiness.