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For example, even if you feel sad when you see a happy couple because you\u2019ve never been in a relationship, you\u2019re still mourning the perceived loss or lack of something you feel is important: companionship.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How NOT to Stop Being Sad <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People are most inventive when trying to change feelings of sadness, and it\u2019s generally the mood people put the most energy into changing. <\/strong>But, of course, a lot of our coping methods don\u2019t actually positively deal with the sadness, they negatively reinforce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isolating ourselves when we feel sad actually usually doesn\u2019t make us feel better. It adds to our feelings of loneliness and distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of us fixate on the sadness to try to figure out what\u2019s wrong or to understand ourselves better. But this is rumination, which, as we already know, <strong>actually increases and prolongs the feelings we\u2019re ruminating on<\/strong>. It\u2019s useful to analyze your sadness if it actually leads to concrete actions or insights that will result in positive change&#8211;but if you find yourself passively ruminating on why you\u2019re so sad, you\u2019re probably just reinforcing how sad you are. You will not stop being sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We usually end up <em>worrying<\/em> about some aspect of our sadness&#8211;how little we\u2019re getting done because of it, or how tired we are, or how unmotivated we feel. This usually doesn\u2019t come with any actionable improvements.<\/li><li>Women are more likely to ruminate when they\u2019re depressed than men, which might account for the higher rate of depression in women&#8211;women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men. But this may also be attributed to the fact that women are generally more open to admitting their distress (men may be more likely to deal with their depression through alcohol&#8211;they\u2019re about twice as likely to be alcoholics).<\/li><li>Many people think \u201chaving a good cry\u201d is an easy way to stop feeling  sadness, but again, it depends on the kind of crying: some cry sessions can break the feelings of sadness, but often, crying about something means we\u2019re thinking about it, and the longer and harder we cry, the more we\u2019re thinking about it&#8211;this is ruminating in the form of crying.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Manage Sadness<\/strong> and Stop Feeling Sad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are 3 methods of combating sadness or rumination on sadness:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) <strong>Intentionally schedule pleasant distractions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sad thoughts are automatic and often enter our minds unbidden. 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What would you do?<\/li><li>Watch an exciting sporting event.<\/li><li>Get yourself a treat or indulge in some sensual pleasures: aromatherapy, a massage, a hot bath, good music, or even sex.<\/li><li>Help other people.<\/li><li>Pray to a higher power or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/practicing-gratitude\/\">practice gratitude<\/a>.<\/li><li>Exercise is also useful for sadness. It releases endorphins and changes your physical state in the opposite way of anger: when angry, you\u2019re in a high arousal state and exercise can put you into a low arousal state once you finish&#8211;but when you\u2019re sad, you\u2019re in a low arousal state already, and the goal is to get you into a higher arousal state, which exercise does.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some commonly used distractions that have pitfalls, and might be worse for you in the long run. 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