Hidden Signs Of Sadness You Should Know About

The hidden signs of sadness can disguise themselves in a million different ways. Sadness is a form of discomfort we try to defend against. It has a major impact on our psychological balance.

But for the most part, it manifests itself as anger, bad mood, apathy or fatigue, instead of just sadness. It overshadows and takes over everything: mind, body, motivation…

There is a saying about how some of the people with the most beautiful smiles actually have the saddest stories to tell. And that is absolutely true. Sadness is one of the few emotions that can really pass you by unnoticed. And at the same time , it is one of the most difficult to understand and manage.

Sadness is like the warning light that pops up in your car when you are running out of gas. You see it, but you do not usually pay attention to it. You just choose to continue as if it does not matter.

But there it is, everything is starting to go wrong. This is where you start to lose energy and the world seems to be moving much slower than usual. You are left behind, out of step and trapped in a strange ditch that has a strangely surreal feel.

Understanding the hidden signs of sadness will help you respond to it much faster. Identifying it and being more receptive to its clues will also help you deal with it better. You need to look directly at this complex emotion if you want to know what it is trying to tell you.

Sadness: the great unknown

There is a really interesting book entitled Positive Power of Negative Emotions. It is written by psychologist Tim Lomas. He talks about how we generally view sadness as something that is not real. We see it as a kind of condition, it is best not to talk about. We choose to swallow it and just hope it disappears at some point.

It is worth pointing out that the field of positive psychology is making some major breakthroughs in this field. People have even started calling it the “second wave”. This new research perspective wants us to understand something really important about emotions: some are so complex that we cannot determine whether they are positive or negative.

Think of love, for example. When you love someone, it is very normal to experience the most incredible joy. But the next moment, you may end up feeling absolutely devastated. Like life itself, emotions can go from light to dark in an instant. They are so complex and rich.

Sadness is no different, and most of us tend to label it as “negative”. But it just makes us forget all that this feeling can give us and inspire us to. It can actually lead to some really significant (and really positive) changes.

Hidden signs of sadness

As you can probably guess, the hidden signs of sadness include a wide variety. It does not get any easier because everyone can experience them in a completely different way. But there are still some common points.

Constant anger, bad mood

Extreme anger is one of the very common disguises of sadness. It’s like the safety valve of sadness or a way for it to express itself. It’s like an emotional lightning bolt coming at the worst possible time. When you can not look directly at what is causing your sadness, or if you refuse to accept reality, anger arises. You will start to feel frustrated, and at worst furious.

Fatigue, psychomotor slowness, muscle aches

Emotions are very wise and the wisest of them all is sadness. It occurs when there is something important you are ignoring. So your brain reduces its energy level  to force you to “slow down”. What it is really trying to do is make you look into yourself and loosen up the emotional knot.

This is why it is so common to experience fatigue, insomnia and even muscle aches when you are upset. It’s a warning sign for you to stop and gear down a bit.

Unfocused, mindless

There is also a popular saying about how there is no other emotion as inspiring as sadness. This is true and it is one of the hidden signs of sadness that you should keep in mind.

• An absent-minded brain trying to escape reality seeks a new place where it can express itself and be alone. This is why you avoid social contact when you are upset. That way, it makes the world seem weird. You need intimacy and a way to express yourself.
• Writing, drawing, composing… These are all great ways to help your brain find a quiet place to work. Therefore, we all need something similar to pour our emotions into and shed light on the true form of sadness.

To be more sensitive

Another hidden sign of sadness is sensitivity. It makes you much more empathetic towards the feelings of others. It connects you more with matters of the heart than matters of the brain. You see things you have never noticed before.

You can spend hours watching raindrops slide down a pane. You can even let time go by as you watch the wind shake the leaves on the trees… All these little things can suddenly bring you to tears and it provides relief.

Do you recognize these hidden signs of sadness from yourself? Do more than just recognize it. Try to look at sadness in a new way. It has the power to make you grow. It encourages you to put inside the shell of introspection so that you can connect with yourself. Its goal is to make you meet your needs, pamper yourself with love and wake up.

Sadness is there to help you reflect and its ultimate goal is to make you make changes. So how about listening to it somewhat more often, because it’s a feeling that has a lot to say.