When sadness knocks on your door, all the colors fade, and the world is covered with decay and hopelessness. Sadness has other names: sadness, melancholy, despondency, grief. But the essence is still the same - these feelings are connected by a depressed mood, unmet needs, a feeling of emptiness from the loss of something significant. They can be triggered by specific events (such as failure, breakup, death or illness of a loved one, dismissal from work) or sad memories of them. And sometimes sadness comes over you as if for no reason, out of the blue, and it is very difficult to get rid of it. Visually, sadness is characterized by downturned corners of the mouth, a gloomy expression on the face, wrinkles on the forehead, slightly raised and drawn together eyebrows. Those around him unmistakably read this and understand that a person has some kind of heavy burden on his soul. The social function of sadness is not obvious at first glance, but it helps people unite together, feel unity and a friendly shoulder. At the same time, sadness is always passive, it has no energy , her batteries are “dead”, while other emotions, on the contrary, encourage action. Sadness slows down physical and mental activity, puts everything on pause, giving time to think, recuperate and adapt to new realities. This emotion always helps to complete all processes, sum up results, create new integrity and restore boundaries. There are several correct ways of behavior in order not to get stuck in sadness for a long time: - acknowledge its presence, allow yourself to be sad and fully experience these feelings, and not block them; - listen to yourself, and if necessary - stay alone with your thoughts or - talk about it with someone close to you, turn to them for support; - be in nature, relax, let go of your condition, and if you want to cry, then cry, without looking at what people think; You can also try: - interrupt one emotion with another (for example, dance to your favorite music); - switch attention to something else (get distracted by work or a hobby) - move more (play sports, go for a walk) .The main thing is to remember that being sad is normal. Being in a bad mood is normal. Periodically feeling a loss of strength and an absolute reluctance to do something is also normal. But the main trap of sadness and sadness is that in these states there is nothing for us I don’t want to do it, I don’t have the strength to even make timid attempts to change my situation. This means that we may be dragged headlong into this swamp. And then - we don’t believe in ourselves, we don’t see the light, everything seems dim and in vain, learned helplessness appears and we give up. If you have been experiencing sadness for a long time and it has become your daily companion, affecting the quality of everyday life, preventing you from working, studying or maintain relationships - there is no need to self-diagnose depression. Just turn to a psychologist for help and they will help you - carefully and professionally.