The sadness It is one of the most universal emotions of the human being. This feeling or state of mind, opposite to joy, arises in response to a loss, disappointment or a painful situation that, sometimes, manifests itself through an unpleasant sensation and even crying.
Despite its emotional charge, sadness does not have to be a negative emotion, but it is important to understand that it is a a necessary feeling that fulfills a specific function.
This is how the Spanish psychiatrist and writer explains it Marian Rojas Estapéwho has become popular on social networks for his work in positive psychology and for treating the influence of emotions on our health.
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Marian Rojas Estapé explains in a video the importance of sadness when it comes to “a necessary emotion”. As the psychiatrist points out, it is a state of mind that all people go through several times throughout the week.
Feeling sadness “is normal,” Estapé emphasizes, as are other emotions such as anger, disgust or joy. “They are real, existing and absolutely necessary emotions,” he insists, and thanks to them the person “you reframe things, go deeper, connect” and even “make sense of things.” “It is essential…”, emphasizes the Spanish writer.
Understanding that sadness is a necessary emotion because it allows us to process and understand difficult experiences is vital to learning to manage it in the best way possible. However, it is important to assess whether it is a temporary state of mind or it could be a mood disorder such as depression.
In this sense, Marian Rojas Estapé explains that depression is “a state of the mind and emotional world” in which the head, suddenly, “stop having energy, stop having enthusiasmwhere you are afraid, your inner voice is crushing and that is increasing.
One of the main differences between sadness and depression is its duration. While the first “can be a matter of a few hours or a few days”, the second “is a matter of weeks or months.”
Furthermore, in depression, especially severe ones, the person “feels very alone, that no one understands them and that their problem has no solution,” explains the psychiatrist. In the worst cases, it leads to a feeling that “you would be better off if you weren’t alive and your head starts fooling around and fantasizing about getting out of the way.” “That’s what’s really severe,” the writer emphasizes, insisting on the importance of acting appropriately in these cases to address this emotional disorder.
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