Responding to Sadness
2009-10-01 00:00:00 28m
"The Uses of Sadness: why feeling sad is no reason not to be happy". Karen Masman built her presentation around her original model for navigating sadness: the seven-phase cycle of ‘soulful melancholy’ published in her book, ‘The Uses of Sadness’ (Allen and Unwin, Sydney, March 2009).
This presentation considers the following questions:
- What are the gifts of sadness?
- Do we have enough words in our language to describe and value the nuances of sadness?
- As a society, how comfortable are we with the emotion of sadness, and are we over-medicalising it?
- How can we learn to navigate sad times more skillfully?
- What part does sadness play in learning how to be happy?
- What are the differences between sadness and depression?
- Sadness is often accompanied by a feeling of longing or yearning—perhaps the most misunderstood of human experiences.
- What is lost by misunderstanding it so extensively?
Speakers: Karen Masman
Conference: Demo
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