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sadness

Also known as sad, 🙁, 😔, feel like shit, feel like crap, feel down, feel blue, :(

thumb|A detail of the 1672 sculpture Entombment of Christ, showing Mary Magdalene crying

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Research

9,553 papers

Sadness regulation strategies and measurement: A scoping review.PloS one · 2021Zaid SM, Hutagalung FD, Bin Abd Hamid HS et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256088
Sadness and Worry in Older Adults: Differentiating Psychiatric Illness from Normative Distress.ReviewThe Medical clinics of North America · 2020Lutz J, Van Orden KADOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2020.05.001
The neuroscience of sadness: A multidisciplinary synthesis and collaborative review.ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2020Arias JA, Williams C, Raghvani R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.006
Anger, Fear, and Sadness: Relations to Socioeconomic Status and the Amygdala.ReviewJournal of cognitive neuroscience · 2022Hao Y, Bertolero M, Farah MJDOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01892
Sadness is reduced by virtual hugging.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Wang X, Liu Q, Li X et al.DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70007
Sadness-associated eating styles and visual food cue reactivity: An eye-tracking investigation.Eating behaviors · 2022Potthoff J, Schienle ADOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101604
Not all negative emotions are equal - Sadness and anger develop differently and their adaptivity is age-graded.ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology · 2024Kunzmann U, Wrosch CDOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101766
Sadness, but not all negative emotions, heightens addictive substance use.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Dorison CA, Wang K, Rees VW et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909888116

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Contents

Childhood
Neuroanatomy
Function
Coping mechanisms
Pupil empathy
Vocal expression
Cultural explorations
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thumb|A detail of the 1672 sculpture Entombment of Christ, showing Mary Magdalene crying

Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others. An example of severe sadness is depression, a mood which can be brought on by major depressive disorder or persistent depressive disorder. Crying can be an indication of sadness.