What would you do to overcome sadness?

hmm.... thats a great message! i would do just that to overcome sadness... the thing is, u will hardly get sad if u really follow that, or u would over come it very quickly. The important thing is to wish for only that we deserve. If u want some thing beyond you, first make sure u make urself worth it with your hardwork! Thats the biggest formula to avoid sadness and it works for every one. And you sould learn how to accept things as part of life if thats what you are getting even after giving your best shot. And that "best shot" has lot of meaning. And one more great rule is that, no one can make u sad unless u give them the power to make you sad.

Hi, well if were sad i think i would be rather quite for the day and remain to myself, and not talk to anyone, and would not like to eat anything or be rather slow in eating and doing allthe work too. But i normally dont remain sad for a long time, i reframe my mind to let positive thoughts come in and they make me positive and happy again, as i know it is all in the mind and if we let our mind open and remain positive then we will be positive and happy always.

wen i get sad wat i do is jst listen to music, talk to some close frnd or best is i talk to my fiance............... this worksout for me

ladysurvivor, first of all, thank you for your sharing us the lines in the book. I learned a lot from the 6 formula. For me, if i feel sad, i will do some sports and make me very tired and have a good sleep. And then i will forget everything.

i pray alot! then take a pill. that usually does it.

Hi ladysurvivor! :) When I am sad, I write things down. I need to have an emotional outlet for the things that bring me down. And also, I speak to God - my Creator, my Saviour and my Bestfriend. Crying also helps to unburden my load. :)

It sounds like a wonderful book I will look out for it when I am in the libary next. I'm currently reading thinking positive. It is great and I can relate to it really well... Self help books a great.... Usually when I am sad I write in a diary and than try to forget about it... Than try and do something to make me happy, but some days nothing seems to help. Then hope that the next day will be better... Sometimes depending I will pray and that usually helps....

don't have a solution.i try to overcome it doing other things.i perrfectly agree with the first 2 points from your list.then trying to find an activity to distract my thoughts from the cause of my sadness.most often i sew.that's a rlaxing activity i can think a lot while sewing and meditate to all my problems and don't see them such worse

Those are very good ideas, but sometimes we forget and get sad anyways.. Depending on why I am sad, either a good walk or reading a good book.. Sometimes even taking a nap helps because sadness is an emotion and sometimes emotions can be tiring..

you are looking at the right place for happiness. keep it up. explore. apple.

thanks for sharing us the ways to overcome sadness. yes,everyone of us have experienced sadness in our life.but every people did different things to get through. usually,i would go shopping or talk with my friends,or have a large meal......

I would probably solve it in a different way, I don't feel like thinking it over and all. I would just get a big bucket of ice cream and eat it all at once

if i feel very sad,I eat delicious food

I do listen to the children songs. I love to listen children song. I know all the the reason of my sadness will fade away of the children song.

The 6 Formula is very interesting and accurate. Thank you for sharing. I do pray to God when I am sad. I do believe things happen for a reason but it is hard to think that way when you are in the middle of a sad or depressing time. I believe in perseverance too if I could just motivate myself to do it. I believe in 4, 5 and 6 as well. I guess it is a matter of living it, not just believing it. Guess I have to try a little harder.

I pray and then I get up and get busy. I know sadness needs to pass through you as you deal with it and then it is time to move on. Sometimes it stays with you longer but that's ok as long as you remain in control and the sadness doesn't cause you to be depressed. I think about all the things I can be grateful for and all the things I can be happy about.

If I'm seriously & deeply depressed, I usually just sleep it off. Usually, I awaken with more energy & a better outlook. If it's not that serious, I usually can do things that make me feel better: get online, read, write, and spend time with family, friends & pets. Usually what I really need is to accomplish something.

i donnot think so.you cannot depend on god,that is a kind of excuse.the one who can control yourself is you.you live your life.you have your own emotions.

That's right. Being sad wouldn't help us solve our problems. Instead, I focus on other things for me to easily forget my sadness. Co'z most of the time, I always feel down and unworthy without knowing the reason. I just sometimes feel that I have less than the others. I thought to myself, if I keep on telling myself that way, it wouldn't help. Also, if I let others criticize me, it also wouldn't help. The most important way for me to overcome sadness is to learn to love yourself. If you focus on improving yourself and realizing your worth, then you wouldn't feel sadness :)

I stay with the feelings for awhile and do whatever I can to allow them to come up and be released. If I need to cry...I cry. If I need hugs I ask my hubby or special friends to give me warm embraces I ask for tht too. Sharing feelings in openness has always helped me move beyond them. Sadness is our way of getting in touch with the pain we are feeling for whatever the reason...and in my view it needs a voice and means of expression. Another method I used is journalling my feelings...or drawing what the sadness feels like. By giving any emotion room to expand...it eventually moves out of our bodies and focused awareness. Stifling sadness, loss and pain does not make it go away...if anything I have found it goes 'underground' and often lingers far longer than if it is given an opportunity to be released. When I am sad I also do things to nurture myself. I pray, meditate, take long hot soaks with lavender to help relax my body, spirit and mind. I also go for walks in Nature so I can remind myself that to all things there is a season...and a beginning, middle and end. Eventually all things are transformed into something else...it is just when we are in the middle of sorrow it is hard to remember that the day will come when the light of happiness will fill our awareness again. But it does...even when we cannot see how in the middle of the sad feelings. Wishing you light filled blessings as you move through your shadows of uncertainty.