Breaking the Cycle of Sadness
I wish I knew how......even in all the happy moments there is an underlying sadness in me, waiting for the slightest opportunity to look on the negative side and ruin any glimmer of long term happiness, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Sounds like you're having trouble with dealing with sadness inside you...I'm really glad you're here and you've decided to share this with us! Feel free to chat with out listeners, sometimes just chatting about it helps us to organize our thoughts and emotions and give us new perspectives.
It seems like you are passing through a hard time faith star. Remind yourself that even though you have a long history of sadness, it doesn't have to determine what you can do today. Remember those times where you were doing your favourite activities. They are evidence that you can be happy. So how to break the cycle is to try to make a daily goal that you're going to do something for yourself 1% better in order to be happy. It may seem insignificant at the beginning, but in the long term, you can break the cycle if you try. This worked for me, I hope this works for you. Keep faith @faithstar
Hi there. You're very right that sadness can indeed be a cycle or a trap that is difficult to break free from. As the previous commenters have mentioned, feel free to reach out to Listeners or chatrooms. If you'd like to explore methods to practice by yourself to break the loop (or be better at stopping the negative thoughts coming), feel free to try the self help guide here: https://www.7cups.com/depression-help-online/