Do you feel like cooking when you are sad?

No I am never in the mood to cook when I am sad either. Usually I slow right down when I am sad, and I do not feel like doing very much at all. I don't blame you for feeling how you do - I am sorry to hear about your dog. I do think you should go out to eat - it might help to take your mind off things.

I can not make a tasty dish if being sad. certainly does not mind the cooking.

I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. I have to be in the mood to cook most of the time. I just am not in the mood to cook when I am sad, but sometimes the act of doing so will make me feel better. I just enjoy cooking most of the time so it will usually put me in a good mood to cook. It just usually does.

I don't enjoy cooking at the best of times, so your idea of going out to eat seems like a good plan - it would give you a change of scene and something different to think about.

Ohh my, i wonder what the food may taste like if you cook and you are sad at the same time. Probably the mind is thinking of something, then for sure the food would also be tasting like a disaster I never have done cooking while i am sad. Maybe i need to take a bath first, then eat my favorite chocolate bar or ice cream or yogurt and the I will try my best to cook. Sorry to hear about your dog. It must have been a bad day for you. Anyway cheer up, it will pass by. I am sure you will be able to do something if not going out with your hubby to dine out.

Usually when I'm sad i don't want to do anything, sometimes i sit in my room and watch movies and then I'm not bothered by no one and all by myself. If i need to cheer up i might bake but not cook a whole dinner as that is quit a bit of things to do for me. I also like to shop when feeling depressed as my mind doesn't thing about the bad things then in life. I think when I'm sad i can still cook and make a decent meal for the family and whom ever else might come over then. You might be sad because the loos of your dog but thinking about you might get hungry later is a thing you might think about and then have to cook or maybe just grab something to eat might be easier.

I never feel like cooking when I'm sad - I do however seem to eat more when I'm sad, not good. If I don't feel like cooking I don't worry about it because only other one in the house is my 18 year old son and he usually cooks for himself, sometimes cooks for me too :) he's a good cook.

From a personal point of view i take a leaf out of the movie 'Like water for chocolate' i dont know if you have seen it or not. or if any of you have. but i feel cooking for your loved ones and family comes from the heart... and tho we can cook sad or happy or angry that it does affect our cooking. i try not to cook when i am filled with grief... it almost feels like it goes into the food and food should be cooked with love. whether its good or not lol i know that may sound silly but its just been the way i have thought for a while now.

When I am sad, I am not able to cook because for sure my emotions will hit in when cooking and that will sure to make the food taste bad. I would say I am going to eat a lot when i am sad rather than cooking I feel better when I am eating when I am sad. But cooking at the other hand will not make me feel any better.

Keeping your mind occupied during sad times can seem trying. I don't know about cooking, but any type of exercise will be good for you. I tend to eat a lot of ice cream when I'm sad...it helps perk me up.

Although you may not feel like cooking when you are sad but a different activity may distract your mind and your heart may feel better. You may start feeling less sad and a good meal will soften your sadness further. Some emotions cannot be totally taken away from our mind but can always avert it as we have to keep the life going.

Hello Mermaidivy, Depends on how sad i am friend,there are even times that i felt so lonely and i feel not to do anything.But,becoz my kids need to eat on time,i am too much oblige to cook for them. Cheers my friend

I think everyone handles their sadness differently. For you it is hard to do your day to day things because of the sadness. Many people I think are this way. It's hard to think about your chores and duties when you have such sadness in your heart. (I'm sorry to hear about your dog, btw.) As for me I find a bit of comfort in doing the little everyday things. It can make my life seem normal again even when it's not. At the end of the day though if I am still sad and the kids are in bed I will watch sad movies or listen to sad music and depending on the situation I will cry. When you are sad I think it is good to cry as it can make you feel strangely better when you are through.

When I was sad,I would do the house clean...

I also can never bring myself to cook when I feel sad or when I am very depressed .When someone in the family is sick I can never think of cooking .I would rather eat bread or anything else .I wouldnt like to eat any delicious things also .I keep brooding over .I do know that we should think and worry but I find it impossible.

Well as what I had said, life must go on. I understand your feeling and I am sorry for that...I think the feeling (our feeling) would be the same..but I know that would just be now or tomorrow but as time goes by that sorrow would be gone...cheer up young lady...life must go on...

I can rarely cook when I am upset--I usually try to do something productive, like clean the house or make something. That way, I use all my energy on something other than being sad and when I'm done, I can feel better because I have accomplished something.

Actually I haven't tried cooking yet while I'm feeling sad. It's more of I feel like eating when I am sad.

i don't think i still can make a good meal when i'm sad..Because normally when i'm sad, i just go to bedroom and close my eyes then try to sleep..

Cooking I always feel is therapeutic. It kind of puts me in a meditative mode. I like to do it all alone. I dont like people yakking with me when I am doing this. I also do not like anyone giving me instructions while I am trying to cook. If the dish comes out well or not is another matter, but at that moment I hate distractions. When I am sad, I actually feel like making something. It is a great stress buster, if you know what I mean. Fixing a meal after a day's work would make many people balk but it is a good exercise to unwind. Try it.