Why do some people love to dwell in sadness?

I don't think that they intentionally dwell on it for too much. It's just that there are things that aren't that much easy to forget...

when I think of sad things that have happened in my past it helps me realise how I got through those sad times and I learn from those experiences. I don't dwell on sad times but they cannot be removed. I feel that they are there to help us make the most of our present and get through present day problems sooner.

I think so long a the sadness doesn't become an obsession and prevent the person from living in the "now", that sadness can be a strength-building process as it's what we learn from and what we can contrast our "now" life with. Some say it's somehow wrong to be sad, but it is a genuine, valuable and very real human emotion. Where would we be without it? We can't be happy all the time, because if we were, we would be denying ourselves a valid part of the human condition.

It's not a sin to be sad because emotions have no morality unless it's already a habit of always dwelling on sadness. If you dwell on it, you already depriving yourself to be happy and to be open to God's grace. We can be sad in certain things but it's not yet the end. We have to move on.

hi sheng.. Sometimes people need to feel that sadness, sometimes become sad in remembering about past things that happened to our life can help us release the pain inside, this can help you feel comfortable... When we remember something or someone, sometimes we can't help it but to cry, not because of the sad experienced but because of the good experienced that you will never experience again.

Hi Sheng! Even a happy life cannot be without the measure of darkness. It's healthy to feel sad sometimes. It's an experience that shouts to our ears how human we are. Indeed prayers help us triumph over sadness. Life is short! therefore, we should always make a conscious effort to be happy. God bless! :)

It's not wrong to reminisce the past. But to dwell in sadness is not good at all. We can always remember the past with smiles,or might be in tears with those sad moment,but never let the sadness drowned you totally. Get up and moved on...we're living in the present and looking forward to the future and not back in the past. have a good day

hmmmm..i guess most of the time it is hormonal and when people tend to dwell in sadness, the more they can feel and release their emotion before they proceed to the stage of unwinding or so. to me, as well prayer and meditation helps a lot. =)

Personally, I sometimes dwell in sadness because of "drama". Let us face it, we want to remember the sad things in our life, relaying the hurtful experiences, because we want to feel the way we feel when we were experiencing these things. And to think and evaluate if we had moved on. And sometimes, we relay these hurtful experiences and think of other ways in which we could have addressed it..would it have been different if you acted differently whilst it were happening? And I believe that venting and crying is one form of release. Personally after I cry my heart out over something, I immediately feel better.