sadness – Page 2 – On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…

The stranger.

I’m sitting on the bus trying to hold my tears back. My eyes are still swollen from the early morning cry. I’m feeling lost and deeply sad. I then notice there is a handsome man next to me. He looks my way and I, in turn, look away searching clumsily for my earphones and start listening […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

How to survive the blues by not engaging.

We all have those days that are bleak and blue. They hit you inadvertently, for no reason or sometimes with reason, yet you can prepare for those days. Once you know yourself well, and what you tend to do that will only spiral you deeper down into the dark abyss, with practice you can make […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

It could be worse, you may not see a sunrise again.

Now, when I’m faced with some sort of hardship since my friend passed, I always go back to that time when he slipped away in my hands. Nothing, after that, can be as bad. I use this “loss” to gauge many of my feelings now, whether it be anger, sadness or loneliness. “It could be worse, I […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Resilience: The ability to cope in the face of grief.

Resilience is the human capacity to adapt to circumstances in the face of grief or adversity, whether coping with the loss of a loved one, a layoff, a disease, a divorce, or any emotionally disrupting event. It is resilience that enables us to pick ourselves up and go on with our lives despite the pain. […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Thoughts to avoid like a plague after a breakup!

I’m sure that more than once you’ve gone through a breakup, and certain thoughts, even if you agreed with the split, can hurt and make you miserable. If you are a normal human being, you will experience the pain of loss, this is unavoidable, but you can try to avoid, just like an alcoholic, certain […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When the lights in your soul go out.

I am not so worried about what may happen or what else may go wrong in my life now. I am more worried about the lights of my soul going out when the going gets tough and the gears no longer kick in to push me forward. It may happen to any of us. We just […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

I fell in love with melancholy when I met you.

When we met and you slowly disclosed your life story to me, I couldn’t hold back the sadness I felt.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The countdown to 2015, a year of renewed hope.

Although there are no pauses in life but a continuation, as the year comes to an end, for some, it’s a relief, a turn of a page, in the hopes of a better year.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

November rain.

Like tears of sorrow November rains come and subtly leave you drenched inside and out. There is a certain beauty to rain, but often melancholy also sets in.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When happy pills are the answer.

I never believed in “happy pills,” but was always curious as to whether they could actually make you feel eternally happy. My thoughts were, that since sadness and pain are part of life, we should endure it like everyone else. Yet, not everyone is the same and sometimes we need a little help when […]