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 ...

Embrace life’s unpleasant emotions. Tal Ben-Shahar, author of Being Happy and creator of the most popular class in the history of Harvard University, has spent years researching happiness. In a ...

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.

Myth: Being sad means you are depressed. ... Paul,* a new parent and executive, came to me because he couldn't seem to feel happy or much of anything after the birth of his son.

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.

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 ...