I don’t really know how happy I am unless I know of all the alternatives, and I don’t really know about all the alternatives unless I experience them.

Sadness can weigh on you quite dearly, and sometimes a particularly sad or stressful event can trigger what's known as "broken heart syndrome." Under this condition, also known as Takotsubo ...

Happiness and sadness may literally be infectious according to data from a long-term study. The study measured changes in people’s emotional states over time by using a model developed to track ...

Sadness is a normal emotion, and we all feel it at certain times of life. While there are many factors that lead sadness to depression, one of the most sinister is “reward erosion.” If you ...

The month of August is Happiness Happens month. It's a time to try to bring happiness to oneself and to others. Sometimes there's a blurring between happiness, depression and humor and the recent ...

The more friends you have that are content with their lives, the more likely you are to become content. We discuss the reasons why with The author of a groundbreaking study on contagious happiness.

How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder? Date: January 14, 2013 Source: Elsevier Summary: Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and ...

Fulfillment can be achieved when you accept who you are, are making the most of what you have and are optimistic about the future.

If you clamp down on sadness by disengaging from goals related to positive outcomes and you reframe to focus on other things, you make it harder to experience joy, happiness, and satisfaction.

Sadness and anger on the other hand are the two emotions that actually fuel change toward the end of real happiness, instead of simply ensuring stability in this quest.