A dog being “overly emotional” and getting sad about little things in a viral video has the internet chuckling and melting at the same time. Wally the Golden Retriever is a big boy with big emotions, ...

Music can heal you in many ways, but nothing comes close to the salve of sad songs when you’re at your lowest. Imagine Emma, who comes home after a long and stressful day at work, dealing with tight ...

A study published in Communications Biology focused on the neural mechanisms of the pons-corticolimbic network, with specific attention to the role the pons plays in perpetuating sad mood in ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Listening to sad music can make you feel connected and ...

People who come to therapy after experiencing a difficult breakup often mention that they have been turning to music as a source of emotional release. They sometimes ponder questions like: “Why am I ...

On TikTok, the phrase “drag path” is being used to share a moment or physical thing that has left a mark on you after loss or ...

Most people hate feeling sad. We feel sad when we have lost or failed, and we perceive that there is nothing we can do to turn the situation around. No one likes to feel that way, and so we often try ...

Sadness increases subjective experience of pain Patients that experienced pain in a sad emotional context reported higher subjective pain scores than in neutral or happy contexts, results of a small ...