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.

Find happiness by taking action. Sadness Creeps In. When we become depressed, sadness begins to take control of how we think about finding joy or pleasure, and moves us to avoid emotional pain.

This suggests that happiness and sadness are not mutually exclusive, but rather that they can coexist within a person's emotional experience. Positivity and Negativity in the Brain.

We found that sadness is twice as infectious as happiness. Rand and his co-authors compared emotional states of groups of friends, families, and coworkers to models of how infectious diseases ...

On the other hand, sadness is more contagious than happiness: A single discontent contact doubles one’s chances of becoming unhappy, while a happy contact increases the probability of becoming ...

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 ...

That happiness and sadness may share the same pathways is not an entirely novel idea. For centuries, artists and poets have reflected upon the inextricable link between these two seemingly ...

Elsevier. (2013, January 14). How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 01 ...

Though they are feeling sadness in that moment, it opens up more opportunities for happiness in the future. The final deadline for Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech Awards is Friday, June ...

I’m OK with failures, sadness, crying and bad moments. From them, I get to understand the complexities of the human experience. Growing up, I remember my parents always tried to showcase their ...