sadness

Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Long Goodbye, explains the experience of grieving her mother's death and how and when she started to feel like herself again.

In a grim bit of news, it turns out that being around happy people can make unhappy people feel even worse. As reported by Tara Parker-Pope in The New York Times — "Happiest Places Post Highest Suicide Rates" — places like Denmark and Sweden score high on measures of happiness and life satisfaction but also have some of the highest rates of suicide.

When you're having a bad day, do you find that unburdening yourself and venting about your problems makes you feel better?

An American experiment gives new meaning to the phrase, "I think I can, I think I can".

If your go-to for sadness, loneliness or anxiety is shopping, find out why you're actually doing more damage, and what you should do instead.