The sadness can be accompanied by many factors, where the chemical components can intervene with low levels of serotonin, it can also have a psychological component and even the sadness causes the person to have a skewed memory, which produces more with the negative things, than with the positive aspects.
The derivatives within the sadness are the limiting thoughts, the low self-esteem and the focus of attention that is put on what does not work, instead of what works.
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It is important to keep in mind that sadness is not equal to depression, having a depressive picture indicates a series of factors such as apathy, loss of motivation, strong personal problems that cause trauma, is in a low state. Depression is a psychological disorder that is recorded as such, as a mental disorder, which incapacitates the person in some way to lead their life as a student, professionally, as a family and in society in a normal way. This depression can be accompanied by ideas of suicide, and is far from sadness.
Ways in which children manifest sadness
It should be borne in mind that sadness generates feelings that children can not express in words, that children are not equal to an adult, and that the feeling of sadness does not manifest itself so easily. Being patient and helping them recognize is the priority.
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The sadness can be manifested as for example:
- In their behaviors.
- Be irritable.
- Aggressive.
- Agitated.
- Hyperactive.
- With discouragement.
- With reluctance.
- It's hard for them to play.
- They leave the tasks.
- They sleep less or sleep more than usual.
- Changes in appetite.
Tips to deal with sadness in children
- He always talks about happy things. When a child is sad, he tends to talk about how bad things are going, but we can control that kind of feeling.
- Teach that you have to be grateful with what you have, and not be in constant complaint for what we lack. It is not necessary to have thousands of things to have happiness.
- Train non-verbal communication with children, so that they act in the same way in any circumstance of life, always being optimistic and not with heaviness. It is a feedback to the brain, which indicates that everything is fine.
- Create pleasures, to minimize that feeling of sadness.
- Teach children to want to visualize what they want and expect from them, encouraging them with sports and educational practices.
- Teach that it is not good that they are talking all day about how bad they feel, because that way they can not change the situation. It is a victim behavior and should not continue creating sadness after sadness.
Exercise to change the sadness for joy
The word game. The child will be asked to aloud, mention three (03) things:
- Why should we be grateful today? For example: tell children that gratitude can be based on food, since there are people who do not have food, and we are grateful to have food and be able to consume them.
- Do our parents live with us? It is a reason to thank and smile. Whether there are two or only one, it is important to recognize that you are not alone, there is a person who always accompanies us.
- Can we play daily? We must thank, by the hands, legs, arms, the parts of our body and that we are healthy.
Humor training.
Humor confers control and allows things to be viewed from another perspective.
When the children are sad they do not want to laugh, and they take everything in a serious way, they are susceptible without seeing the humorous part of life.
To change the mood and see the positive aspect of life, you can make a game or play with puppets, where you can make the same gestures of the child, so that he makes you laugh, interpret his mood and so he will laugh. That sadness will give meaning and fun to life.
The idea is that the puppets have a fun and pleasant to look at, that do not cause fear but grace.
The game of emotions expressed in colors and foods. Children, like adults, see a representation of feelings in colors and foods.
To work the feeling of sadness, children will be asked to say the color and the food that generates sadness and why?
Example of sad colors and answers in children:
- The color blue. It is the color of sadness.
- The color black. It is dark and sad.
- Lettuce. For its strange shape in the leaves.
- Broccoli. It does not look good, it's like a monster.
Children do not understand how sadness is affecting, and that is where the adult must intervene so that they have a clear way of expressing themselves.
We must work so that the children are not sad, they understand that they deserve to be happy, there are opportunities and they are surrounded by people who transmit happiness.
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