Why We're Happy Being Sad: Pop's Emotional Evolution Every Top 40 hit in 1965 was in a major key and had a fast tempo. In 2009, more than half of the Top 40 songs were in a minor key.

So while I do end up distracting myself from being sad, I work hard to remind myself that a shortcut is not worth risking my mental health for, and I must go back to being my own version of ...

Experts explain why feeling sadness is good and how embracing it can help you feel happier by way of being more in tune with your feelings. It’s easy to deem sadness as an inherently negative ...

As people get older, their emotions get more complex. Joyful memories of childhood become tinged with loss and nostalgia. The recognition that life is short and goes by fast introduces a sorrowful ...

It’s possible to be so happy you could die, a new study says. ... In sad news, being too happy can kill you By . Sophia Rosenbaum. Published March 3, 2016, 11:30 p.m. ET.

Relative to the happy crowd, a substantially greater proportion of sad volunteers rejected unfair divisions of prizes, such as being offered two out of 10 lottery tickets.

Accustomed to Being Sad. At an individual level, it has been argued that some of us may become accustomed to being sad, to the point that we may even find comfort in that position.

So, if you notice someone being excessively cheerful without a break, it might be a sign that they’re actually deeply sad inside. But remember, it’s just one sign, not a diagnosis.

I like being happy. I’ll take it if that’s available, but there are things that mean much more to me. And I think when people have children, we tend to understand this.

There was a time when sadness was fashionable, which is something difficult to imagine nowadays, given our current cultural reliance on mandatory positivity and happiness. The time was the ...