What or who cheers you up when you are sad?
By rappeter13
@rappeter13 (8608)
Romania
December 1, 2010 4:12pm CST
If you feel bad, who or what enlightens your mood?
I always want to sleep whenever I feel bad and I am sad or disappointed. A sleep empties my mind and when I wake up, I usually feel as new. Only when I suffered a great disappointment the sleep hasn't fully recovered me.
Another good way for me to recover is to go out and have a drink with my friends and have a good time. This makes me forget what made me to feel bad and it helps me a lot to recover mentally.
So how about you? what makes you feel better after having a disappointment or after feeling bad?
11 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
2 Dec 10
Hi Rappeter,
Whenever I can, I try moving out of my house to some place where there is silence. Luckily we have a temple nearby and that is my first destination. Tough I am not a religious guy, I still like the peace and silence around. If that doesnt help, I either go out for a movie or spend some time with the orphans at an orphanage run by a church. When I return from here, I sit back and think that I made use of my time and I feel happy when I return from the orphanage as it makes me feel satisfied - I did one good thing at least.
Cheers,
theSids.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
3 Dec 10
Hi rappeter,
I feel that misery (of any kind) is what caused sadness in anyone's day. If you start to think you feel more miserable. So always better to find a place or people who are suffering more than you and try to realize that you are blessed not to be at their place... For me (and maybe a few others) this works fine.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
Very nice from you! So you enjoy spending your time with those who are less fortunate and that makes you feel happy? Great gesture my friend, you deserve full respect.
@rodanmaster (141)
• United States
3 Dec 10
Whenever I'm feeling bad I listen to my favorite music to cheer up. Listening to my favorite groups and artists such as Morning Musume, Matsuura Aya and Berryz Koubou always succeeds in making me feel better. Often I'll listen to optimistic songs which will help improve my mood.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Dec 10
I cannot listen to music when I am upset. It makes me feel angry. But it is good if listening to music lifts your moral.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
2 Dec 10
I must admit that at times I get so low that hardly anything and or anyone can achieve my happiness. However I have to say I do have a wonderful boyfriend who moves heaven and earth to try and cheer me up. I do feel really blessed and thank him daily as truly without him I would not have made it through this year.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
So you are very lucky to have a bf that cheers you up every time you are down? There are not so many people who can say this about their partners, so you can be considered very lucky.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
I think that food can also be a good moral lifter and the time spent alone watching the world is good to empty our minds.
@justwakeup (233)
• India
2 Dec 10
the persons who are concerned & really interested in you will always try to cheer you up when you are sad.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
Maybe you are right. But maybe those who are concerned in you have made you sad.
@monty21 (119)
• India
2 Dec 10
My case is different from you totally when i feel sad. I prefer watching a comedy movie in bad mood. Another reason is when i am dejected, i don't feel sleepy so i start my computer and find a comedy movie for watching. It gives me a lot of pleasure and help me in forgetting my sadness.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
Great way to overcome sadness. But when I am sad or disappointed I don't really feel like watching a movie. Even though comedies are my favorites.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
2 Dec 10
When I'm feeling down either my dogs or my grandchildren always cheer me up. My dogs because they are always so happy and they do such silly things that you can't help but smile...and my grandchildren because they light up my life no matter what they're doing. The 4 year old is in Pre-K this year and he's been learning little songs that I haven't heard since my own children were small. Hearing him sing, and singing along, is definitely a mood lifter.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
I bet you have a great time both with your dogs and especially your grandchildren. Many times dogs can act like little children, and there are nice to us that they can certainly lift our spirits. As for little children, I think there is no use to tell anything about them. Although I am very young, I still laugh when I see a little kid playing.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 Dec 10
What cheers me up is my Children,when I'm tired or had a bad day in my business or when nothing seems to go right, I just talk and play with my kids especially the youngest and I get recharged again. 
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
I am happy for you! I am sure you are very proud of your family and you should be. There are the best "things" can happen to a person. All the best!
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
Very nice! It is funny how little children have this "curing" effect on us. Take care and enjoy your time with your family. They are the greatest treasure a person can have.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
2 Dec 10
Nice way to get smiling again. But be careful not to be overheated and make some stupid maneuvers and regret it. Remember the saying: Burn rubber not your soul.
