How to relieve sadness!

It is not always possible to be happy in life. Each of us will eventually experience all levels of emotions: happiness, sadness, disappointment, depression and so forth. If we are happy, we have a smile on our lips. If we are sad, depressed, or disappointed, we must find a way to overcome those negative emotions. So have you found your own ways to cope with? Here are 5 ways you can relieve unhappy emotions that affect your spiritual life.

Turn unhappy emotions into a weapon to make you stronger

When you're sad, you often feel like the world is falling apart. You are sad due to having a breakup, being failed in what you do, having not met your expectations, etc. There are many reasons leading to your negative feelings. But the bottom line is that you know how to turn those negative emotions into a weapon that makes you stronger. 

Turn unhappy emotions into a weapon to make you stronger

Try to get those feelings out of your mind. Think of those unhappy emotions that will affect not only your mental health but also your health in life afterwards. So you should practice considering unhappy feelings as a weapon to make you stronger. You will go through and deal with it more easily in the future. That will definitely take time for you to overcome it. Let's take those times as the never ending practice in this life. Like Dr. Lori Lockmore, Psy.D. shared: "All emotions are important to experience and have valuable information for us about our lives."

Can't pinpoint why you're sad? Try writing

Sometimes are your emotions sad for some reasons in life. That sadness can come from your family, lover, friends, colleagues and so many more. However, there are also sadness that you can't determine where the reason comes from. Occasionally, it's because of things happening at the same time or your floating mood in the unknown with an empty mind.

Can't pinpoint why you're sad. Try writing to express your feelings

Get a notebook and a pen to write down what you want to write about. You can express your current feelings in your notebook. If you do not want to write by hand, you can type on your lovely laptop. It's like an electronic diary for you to express your thoughts and all your feelings in the writings. Your mood is guaranteed to improve a lot because all your emotions have been released by the words on the notebook or laptop.

Embrace your emotions

Even if it's uncomfortable, acknowledging and embracing your sadness is actually the first step to feeling better. Give yourself space to breathe, relax your mind, and reflect on past events. You will gradually become comfortable to face and overcome it.

Embrace your emotions

Find what make you happy and release sadness

The other way to relieve your sadness is to make a list of things you enjoy doing. That way you won't have to think about the sad things that just happened. For instance, it can be listening to music, choosing suitable books to read, watching videos, gameshows, traveling, eating foods that make you happy, etc.

Find what make you happy and release sadness

People often say that a smile equals ten tonic scales. Put yourself in that situation: Would you be able to laugh then? Even if you smile, it's just an unnatural forced smile. Instead, you should find things that you can entertain and laugh naturally at it, getting all the troubles you are feeling unhappy out of the head.

Reach out to your people

You are considered to be a lucky person if you have good friends around. You can take the time to talk to them about things that happened in your life, difficulties you faced, or sad stories you would like someone to listen to.

Reach out to your people - especially if you're feeling lonely. Having a support network is key!

When you feel alone and bored, you can find them. They are by your side to share with you at any time, helping you to get over hard times and gain a good spiritual life.

Hope this article will help you find a better way to relieve negative emotions in life. Follow my blog if you love the topics I'm aiming for and leave a comment on the topic you look forward to seeing in my next articles.