Sadness is not usually valued in our current culture. Self-help books promote the benefits of positive thinking, positive attitude, and positive behaviors, labeling sadness as a “problem emotion” that ...

It sounds counterintuitive that thinking about happy memories might make us sad. Yet, that is exactly what people struggling with depression may experience. Unlike people who have never experienced ...

It’s not uncommon for people to search for answers in the written word when they’re at their lowest, especially sad quotes that just seem to get you. Most of us try to feel less alone whenever we’re ...

Sad people are apparently better than happy people at face recognition, an upside to being down in the dumps that is yielding insights into how mood can affect the brain. The findings, based on ...

I LIVE on Bainbridge Island, a mile down the road from the Eagle Dale Ferry Dock. It was from this dock on March 20, 1942, that 227 of our neighbors, half of them children, were forced to leave their ...