Sadness

I tell myself it will pass at some point and that to feel good again I have to get through it. I will try to help myself by using meditation or spending time on my interests. 

My father died fairly recently and I didn’t feel the way I expected to feel. Our emotions can be a bit of a mystery sometimes. My focus is always on the fact that they won’t last - that’s a great comfort to know sometimes. 

I have struggled with depression and anxiety all my life. When I feel totally overwhelmed by anxiety or sadness, I no longer fight it or ignore it. I just recognise it for what it is and go into hibernation until things improve. If nothing else, it takes away the guilt of ‘what I should be doing in the garden, or whatever’. My mood is low for the vast majority of time, sometimes there are windows of something approaching an even keel. Sometimes there are posts here I would like to respond to, but can’t because of exhaustion and lack of clarity of thinking. 

i am grateful for you Berrybunny and you Overwhelmed. You both always write such engaging stuff, even if it isn’t always acknowledged.

I struggle to cope with it. Sometimes I can be sad without feeling depressed, but then other times it's both together and that's really hard to cope with.

Crazy though because I don't feel sad when I should feel sad, like if I'm hurt or someone I know dies/ I don't think I process my emotions properly.

I don’t mind sadness too much really - I know it will pass and I don’t find it a distressing feeling. I view melancholy as quite a valuable state of mind that encourages thoughtfulness and is just part of our natural sensitivity to life. Very different to depression which is on a wholly different level and definitely not something I tolerate easily.