Gain Focus and Act Smarter when Sadness Come

Feelings of sadness can trigger stress or even depression. But sadness is also benefit because grief can make people think more focus and act smarter.

Professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia has found that sad people tend to be more dubious about the myths and rumors. They also tend to see people as individuals, not as stereotypes. They even provide a more convincing presentation."When happy, someone close their eyes from reality and just think about falling in love. The grief will make people think more deeply, concentrating on new information, look to the outside world and reassess old ideas," said Gordon Parker, professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales was quoted as saying by The Telegraph, Wednesday (19/10/2011).A U.S. study of 8,000 people found that a quarter of people treated for depression was not really sick. They have just experienced emotional difficulties such as loss, which they then solve itself naturally.Grief makes people calm, to reassess and make changes. If people are sad feel the need to take a sedative, in fact he does not need it. Because research shows that placebos have the same effect.A clinical trial comparing drug with placebo antidepressant. In this experiment, a placebo was found often able to cure depression.In 96 studies on antidepressants from 1980 to 2005, the placebo effect tenyata twice the effective anti-depressant and for six of 10 patients.The placebo effect works because one believes that the drug works and it works like the original antidepressants to treat depression that most of them can heal itself."Sadness helps us learn from our mistakes. I think, one of the functions of negative emotions is to make us focus on something else for a while," said psychiatrist Professor Jerome Wakefield of New York University.Sadness can also prevent people from making mistakes in the first place. The risk of sadness may deter people from becoming too sloppy or cavalier, especially in a relationship or with other matters that are considered valuable.

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