Sadness is not as common for me on the negative emotional scale, but it happens. When I'm sad, it is usually because I've been emotionally attached to something that is now gone or I feel like I've wronged someone and it can't be remedied.

With attachment, I remind myself that all things are transient in life. Whatever this thing was in my life that is gone was beautiful and I was lucky to ever have it around. Whatever it did for me, I should bring to others. While it isn't a quick fix, it helps immensely.

As for doing someone wrong, that is a tough one. I'll confess to holding things against myself for a long time about causing harm to others and I'm not so great at letting go. I try to learn from it and not repeat it. If possible, I try to do something kind for that person. Often times, I just make myself really scarce since that person is probably pretty done with me. So, I do what I can for them, learn, move on, and wait for the sadness to fade. That's a tough one.

Music has always been my first go to remedy. Next to that, some good comfort food doesn’t hurt at all.

Music,loud, cry, then talk to the chihuahuas who by now have gotten very upset about my mood and need reassuring that the world is not comng to an end.

Fire up a bowl.

I talk myself through it and try to solve whatever problem has me down. I watch a funny movie and make plans to go out with friends. Or go to the gym and try to sweat it out. What I never do is try to numb myself with alcohol or drugs. Rather, I try to feel whatever pain I feel and walk through it rather than run away from it.

Throw myself a pity party for one day, then get my butt in gear after that.

I simply place another bet !

Kickbox until I can’t! Then focus on my physical pain. Heavy metal helps too ?

Music and a good workout at the gym. The day my partner died some friends kidnapped me and we went for a long paddle in our kayaks. Socializing a workout and beautiful scenery.

Sleep.

Eat, cry and bitch at people on social media. lol

I pick myself up and go outside and do my chores, hang with the animals and get lots of exercise. If I'm really upset, I even do some house cleaning!

I don't smoke. if I'm sad, I don't really get hungry. I am really not much of a drinker at all. I don't put my business out there like that on social media and crying is a last resort because it really doesn't fix anything. You end up with dry skin from the salt, red eyes, a stuffed up nose and a head ache and you still have the same problem(s).

I do listen to music and I will start cleaning or doing some other chore(s). The physical movement and the act of organizing puts my brain in a "solution" mode. Thats when I start going over things, moving thoughts and emotions into different categories and really start analyzing the issues. taking positive action.

for example, my dog of almost 17 years died the Thursday before mother's day. Broken is a good word for my emotional state. Got home and started organizing his things; what to keep, what to donate to the no kill animal shelter in my area. I dropped things off the next afternoon, knowing they would go to help animals in need. It didn't dull the pain any but it is just positive actions that help me cope.

I have a long hot shower, get some healthy out door time..visit my parents watch a Laurel & Hardy movie. Play with my dog.

Everything but smoke of the options in the pic, but in addition, I write my feelings out, get a bit philosophical about the cause of my sadness, read good reviews of my work and personal notes and cards that make me feel appreciated.

I also might lay on a beach in the sun, force myself to get some exercise in the daylight (hard when sad - but beneficial) go for a bike ride, have an extra dose of caffeine or a sleep aid depending on the time of day, get lost in a movie or bingewatch a drama series that can take my mind of my sadness and/or realize that some stories are far sadder than my life at this moment.

Also, I take comfort in knowing that my sadness is temporary and I will get back to being the happiest and luckiest me I could ever be, once I embrace the sadness long enough to let it go.

Music, movie/Netflix, watch videos on Youtube, or go to sleep

All of the above

If I'm just feeling a bit squashed, I look at pictures of smart cars--seriously, those things are so wee and cute they make me giggle every time.

If I'm sad enough to cry, I have some sativa, which gets me out of emotion mind enough to then figure out why I'm crying and what, if anything, can be done and when. It helps immensely for the depressive episodes I'd occasionally have. If it's just a shitty brain chemistry day, at least then I know I can just take a nap or find a distraction like reading a book or watching a movie until it kind of blows over.

I sit outside with the dogs and cats and pick apart the reason I am sad to get to the core reason, when you can no longer ask "Why?".

I don't really get sad.
. Questions like these and the responses always make me re-realize how different my upbringing was. After the first 17 years of life, there just isn't a lot that makes me afraid, angry, sad, etc.
Perhaps more a detriment than 'blessing', but then seeing how much so many suffer....I have to wonder.

I sit in the sun.

Sadness always makes me mindful, sometimes immediately, but always eventually. My first response if the sadness is serious is to go to a place where i can mellow out, like by the ocean, until my emotions settle down enough to start refilling my cup. But those sad moments which persisted need more reflection so this is what I do.

Since I know instinctively and cognitively that my sadness is a signal from my emotional mind that something is not right in my life, not a "duh" statement as it seems given that I need to first acknowledge consciously that something is wrong, to accept that i can manage whatever it is, then to go there.

Sooner or later, after i manage my emotions, i reflect on whether i need to be sad to grieve something lost, or whether it is unnecessary or necessary worry.

If it's the former, i accept that I must get through a letting go process so I go down that path like William Bridges wrote.

If it's the latter, i evaluate whether there is a real threat, an ego reaction, or merely a misuse of my imagination.

My bottom line is to look for the off ramp from my unhappiness.

If my unhappiness proves to be anger, then i know that i must be afraid of something, since that is always where our anger comes from, consciously or unconsciously. Most often I have found that it's my ego doing it's thing. Another natural response but one i can usually manage by giving my ego a good talking to. Lol

But there have been at least two times in my life where i needed help with situational depression, requiring the help of a competent therapist.

It is during those times that i need to be patient with and kind to myself before I can accept that I am going through something which I need to process to manage. And because I've managed to do so before, I know I can again. Journalling has also always been helpful too.

I listen to comforting or nostalgic music. I write pieces expressing my thoughts. I sit and think.
I do not seek company. Like Mark Twain, i feel that "misery can take care of itself."

I try to get myself out of my routine. Maybe even get laid if possible. If I have the funds, nothing gets my groove back better than hopping on a plane, going somewhere exotic and meeting women who are looking to have some no strings attached fun with a non-local.

Listen to happy music