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Sadness can be divided into two categories: intrinsic {internal} or extrinsic {external}.This simple distinction does next to nothing to encompass the deep emotion that is sadness, but for the purpose of clarity, I will keep it simple.
Intrinsic sadness is sadness from within and seemingly without a cause. It is an infinite sadness, without a beginning or ending. Intrinsic sadness is better known as depression. Physiologically, it presents itself as an imbalance of or a lack of certain neurotransmitters, namely serotonin. For people without clinical depression, intrinsic sadness will lead to what is known as a "blue day".
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Extrinsic sadness is what everyone will feel – the type of sadness you feel when you find out someone had died, when you feel trapped by something, when you dislike something, etc. There is something that is causing the sadness, something you can point out as the root of your unhappiness. Extrinsic sadness can turn into depression - some people may be unwilling to fix external factors that are causing them to be sad and these people forget that sadness is not a natural state of being and almost want to avoid happiness. Of course, this is detrimental. There is evidence that dwelling on a source of sadness can lead to the neurotransmitters being "trained" to behave in a depressed way.
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However, depression coming from external sources can be prevented – with a strong a support system, perhaps therapy, or some life changes – your external factors can be changed and so can your perspective. It may not be easy, but you can do something to prevent extrinsic sadness turning into intrinsic sadness and manifesting into full-blown depression.
People find it hard to understand intrinsic sadness, to comprehend the fact that there is no reason for someone being sad – it is human nature to look for a logical belief and this type of sadness doesn't follow that protocol. The logical answer is: depression is an illness and you may not understand it, but that doesn't make it less of an illness.
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