What are some ways to cope with sad thoughts and/or feelings?

Sometimes the best way to cope with our sad thoughts and/or feelings are to firstly understand them. We often don't realize it but the reason we feel down is because we can't grasp why we are sad or upset. Talking about these feelings with someone you trust can always help, or if you would rather, expressing them in a drawing or a story. Whatever helps you the most. Try things.

Often it goes down to just distracting yourself from these feelings. If you get into an activity that brings you joy, those feelings won't dominate your mind.

Tell yourself it's okay, and that it's going to be okay. Express it, write it down, sing and talk it out, draw it up

I cry, it may seem awful at the time but afterwards I feel so much better. Just letting out all the emotions I have been holding on to for a while.

I like listening to music that matches with my mood. So if I'm sad, I may listen to songs that have sadness to them, with glimmers of hope amidst their lyrics.

Keep yourself busy. Do your university work that makes you heal faster and divert your mind into games - at least you are doing something everyday instead of being in sad thoughts and having sad feelings ...just make a worry tree write down things that makes you worry or sad or whatever you feel write it everyday ...get your thoughts down on a piece paper ..no need to come back but it is a therapy ....and it helps a lot....for me it does...thats why i have a note book to write down my feelings..

I try to remind myself that the feeling is temporary. As useless as that seems, I always feel better in the morning and I try to hold onto that idea.

One way that I cope with my sad feelings is to just let myself feel them - I turn on music from my favorite band, and listen to three songs about heartbreak. I tell myself that it's okay to cry, and make sure I am in a dark and peaceful environment where that is possible. After those three songs, I listen to three ones with uplifting or empowering lyrics, and breathe in sync to the beat to calm my heart. Once that is over, I slowly begin to turn on the lights and put cooling towels on my face. In a pinch, though, I always scroll through joke Instagram accounts or look at dog photos (jiffpom is my fave this month!) or watch a Youtube supercut of goat songs or clips of jokes from a loved TV show.

Everyone copes with these things in their own way, some ways I used to cope was by writing, reading, and listening to music. Sports and exercise may also help, along with drawing and talking about your feelings regularly with someone? :)

Very generic: think happy thoughts. When I'm sad, I think about times that were happier for me. When my dog died, I thought about how fun she was when she was around, rather than how she was gone. There's also confiding in others - friends and/or family that you're comfortable with talking to about your feelings are a blessing. If you have someone you can confide in, it's always helpful to have someone there.