If you're wondering how to stop feeling sad, you're not the only one. Here, bestselling author of How to Be Sad: The Key to a Happier Life, Helen Russell, explains how indulging a little in the new ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is recognized as a recurring major depressive disorder, typically starting in the fall and winter and spontaneously improving when spring arrives. It’s usually ...

While depression can trick you into believing you’re the only person who has ever experienced the feelings of sadness, hopelessness and isolation that come with it, that couldn’t be further from the ...

Most people hate feeling sad. We feel sad when we have lost or failed, and we perceive that there is nothing we can do to turn the situation around. No one likes to feel that way, and so we often try ...

Watching my dog search all over the house for a misplaced bone (and not find it) reminds me of the way I sometimes feel when I want to try to shake a sad or negative mood. I can look all over, but the ...

We think of birthdays as happy days, but there are a lot of reasons someone might not feel joyous, even on their special day.

When most people think about seasonal depression, they imagine gloomy winter days, freezing temperatures and not enough sunlight. But for some, those feelings of sadness, anxiety or low energy ...

I feel like especially as I get a little older, that as I'm approaching middle age, if I don't have enough to eat in the morning, then I'm feeling kind of, like, (laughter) lightheaded and confused.

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

Sometimes you just need a good cry. Sometimes, there’s just been enough going on in your life that you feel beaten down. And you just need to sit in your car or on your sofa and let it all out. But if ...