How to get happy when you are sad

Everyone feels sad sometimes. Sadness is a normal human reaction to different life changes and events. The good news is that everyone also has the capacity to feel happiness. Read the tips and learn how to change your mood.

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Buy yourself a journal. It is important ..................................... your thoughts and feelings. You don’t need ..................................... hours. Just 20 minutes every day will be enough. Journaling will help you to organise your thoughts about your sadness. It will help you get ‘in tune’ with yourself. Additionally, some research has found that journaling can even help your physical health and strengthen your immune system because it works to reduce stress.

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Studies have shown that the act of smiling can improve your mood and make you feel happier. In addition, laughing releases endorphins, those brain chemicals that improve your mood. We use 15 different muscles in our face, and laughing is good for every organ in our body. When we laugh, we breathe quickly and exercise the face, shoulders and chest. Our blood pressure goes down, our circulation gets better, our heartbeat gets slower, and this makes us happier. There are lots of laughter clubs. People join these clubs just ..................................... .

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Even though you may not want ..................................... because you are trying to feel better and happier again, sometimes crying can improve your mood. If you feel the need to cry, then don’t hold back. The act of crying might make you feel better and more relieved. Studies suggest that a majority of people who cry feel better than they did before they cried.

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What else is in your life that makes it worth living? Try ................................. about all of the other things that you value in life, such as your friends, family and health, and you’ll see that you probably have so much to be happy about. Make an effort to find one thing to be happy about each day. There are lots of challenges on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram that use hashtags such as #100happydays and #findthelight ................................. people to find little moments of happiness in their everyday lives.

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Sometimes when we are sad, it’s hard ..................................... of anything else. However, focusing on your sadness can actually do more harm than good and can increase feelings of powerlessness. Pleasant distraction can help you focus on something other than your sadness. Listen to energetic and happy songs that remind you of good times. You can also choose to look at some of your childhood pictures or photos from trips, graduations, and major life events. They will remind you that life passes by quickly and that there have been a lot of happy moments in your life along with the sad ones.

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Lose yourself in another world or in the past. It is easy ..................................... lost in books. They transport us to places we’ve never been to. Those places are more adventurous and romantic than the places we’re currently in. Being in another world will help you relax your mind. Just six minutes of reading can help reduce your stress level by twothirds. Life is too short to be sad. Go out and have fun.