Sadness☹

:(Sadness):

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Sadness is an emotion characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, and helplessness. When sad, people often become quiet, less energetic, and withdrawn. When we are sad we usually go through a process of crying, which makes us produce tears. When we blink, our eyes automatically produce tears, but when we are emotionally sad our eyes begin to produce more tears than needed. So, what are tears anyways? Tears are produced by tear glands, which are small glands inside your upper eyelid. Tears can help to keep the surface of your eyeball clean and moist, and help protect your eye from damage. Tears mostly flow down a tiny tube at the edge of your lower eyelid, next to your nose. This tube carries the tears to the back of your nose making your nose run when you cry. Everyone experiences feelings of unhappiness and sadness occasionally, but clinical depression is deeper and more long lasting than common sadness. Depression interferes with and dominates everyday life and causes physical and/or mental breakdowns. Depression can affect people of any age, from preschoolers to the extreme elderly. Each year in the United States, depression affects an estimated 19 million people, or about 12% of the population. Heredity also has some affect on who develops depression. Individuals with major depression in their families are up to three times more likely to have the disorder themselves. Depression can also result from extreme stress or big life changes, such as death of a loved one, divorce, miscarriage or loss of a job. A common symptom of depression is fatigue.

"I do believe that if you haven't learned about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness." -Nana Mouskouri ☚go back