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One of the most confusing things there is, is that of the human brain, and the emotions that it enables. In this writing, the emotions of happiness and sadness shall be used to explain how confusing emotions in general can be, and how we need to sort them out since they are so important. There will also be a story of a person who got these emotions confused, as proof that it is indeed possible to stuff up as much as has been described. The goal of all this is to convince the reader to look into what an emotion is, and realise that emotions are not simple.

To begin, here is the story of a person who stuffed up their emotions to a rather bad degree. This person somehow got this idea into their head when they were young: “I should smile constantly, then I will look better”, which lead to them always smiling. Then they encountered a few mental problems, leading to something like depression, where they forgot what all of their emotions felt like, and then there is the fact that they forgot why they always smiled. They thought this: “Since I’m always smiling for some unknown reason, I should be feeling happy right now, yeah? Great to know I am always happy, 100% of the time!” They weren’t happy. Took a few years for them to realise from the moment they first started thinking they were happy; a slightly sad experience where they knew they should be sad; and the decision that they were smiling far too much; to realise this: “This feeling I am constantly experiencing, isn’t it very similar to when I was sad just now? Wait, doesn’t that mean I’m always sad?!” They learnt that they were experiencing something like sadness constantly, and as they had forgotten what all their emotions felt like, they had no choice but to start trying to guess and experiment with their emotions in an attempt to figure them out. This person’s story proves that it is in fact possible to forget how to define and understand each emotion.

The emotions happiness and sadness are very useful as they are quite important to a person’s well being. However even if they are quite important, they still have their problems, for instance: If you’re too often happy you could be considered a maniac, if you’re too often sad then you could possibly be depressed, and if you switch back and forth between these two, you might be considered bipolar. Below I will describe what these emotions actually feel like.

The definition for happiness when it is searched up is: “happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.”  That would mean that happiness can be felt in a number of different ways, and in differing intensities. Simply put, happiness is a good feeling, one that clears up your head, puts spring in your step, and then gives you a fresh outlook on life, so that you can best enjoy it.
Then sadness can be described as this: “Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow.” Which is all of the different names for different types of sadness one can feel. Simply put, it is a constant smothering feeling, which stops thoughts from working, makes you rather lethargic, and to the extreme point of sadness, it can even feel like a large spike is being twisted around inside of your head. Basically, sadness sucks. However, sadness is still important, as it can help to remove stress, clear up your judgements of people, and even help with social interactions. And without it, how are you ever going to enjoy the difference of being happy and sad?

In short, the emotions happiness and sadness are important, as are any other emotions. Happiness itself has been found to lower the heart rate and lower the blood pressure, while also combating stress and helping the immune system protect you from disease. While sadness as said before can help with stress and different social interactions with others. This is why they need to be defined in our head. It is because everyone should be capable of feeling them, in a fair, even amount, as they can help with life in amazing ways. And if someone is no able to understand what they are feeling, or are incapable of feeling, then we need to change this so that they can feel, and understand what they are feeling.

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