Sadness Words
Sadness Alienation Displeasure Gloom Despair Discontentment Insecurity Loneliness Grief Pity Sorrow Unhappiness Misery Anguish Defeat Depression Agony Dismay Distraught Glumness Disappointment Hurt Disconnected Melancholy Homesickness Rejection Suffering Alone Neglect Crushed Dejection Woe
Prompting Events for Feeling Sadness
- Losing something or someone that is irretrievable
- Things are not the way you expected or wanted and hoped for
- The death of someone you love, thinking about deaths of people you love
- Losing a relationship; thinking about losses
- Being separated from someone you care for or value; thinking about how much you miss someone.
- Being rejected or excluded
- Being disapproved of or disliked, not being valued by people you care about
- Things turning out badly
- Getting what you don't want
- Things being worse than you expected
- Not getting what you have worked for
- Not getting what you want and believe you need in life; thinking about what you have not gotten that you wanted or needed
- Discovering that you are powerless or helpless
- Being with someone else who is sad, hurt or in pain
- Reading or hearing about other people's problems or troubles in the world
- Being alone or isolated or an outsider
Interpretations of Events that Prompt Feeling of Sadness
- Believing that a separation from someone will last for a long time or will never end
- Believing that you will not get what you want or need in your life
- Seeing things or your life as hopeless
- Believing that you are worthless or not valuable
Biological Changes and Experiences of Sadness
- Feeling tired, run-down, or low in energy
- Feeling lethargic, listless; wanting to stay in bed all day
- Feeling as if nothing is pleasurable anymore
- Feeling a pain or hollowness in your chest or gut
- Feeling empty
- Feeling as if you can't stop crying, or feeling that if you ever start crying, you will never be able to stop
- Difficulty swallowing
- Breathlessness
- Dizziness
Expressions and Actions of Sadness
- Avoiding things
- Acting helpless
- Moping, brooding, or acting moody
- Making slow, shuffling movements
- Withdrawing from social contact
- Avoiding activities that used to bring pleasure
- Sitting or laying around; being inactive
- Staying in bed all day
- Giving up and no longer trying to improve
- Saying sad things
- Talking to someone about sadness
- Talking little or not at all
- Using a quiet, slow or monotonous voice
- Eyes drooping
- Frowning, not smiling
- Posture slumping
- Sobbing, crying, whimpering
Aftereffects of Sadness
- Not being able to remember happy things
- Feeling irritable, touchy or grouchy
- Yearning and searching for the thing lost
- Having a negative outlook; thinking only about the negative side of things
- Blaming or criticizing yourself
- Remembering or imagining other times you were sad and other losses
- Hopeless attitude
- Fainting spells
- Nightmares
- Insomnia
- Appetite disturbances, indigestion
- Depersonalization, dissociative experiences, numbness or shock
Typical Secondary Emotions of Sadness
- Anger, shame, fear
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