Funny holidays - Day of Aspic Melancholy

The next leaf of the summer calendar is turned over, and July 23 arrives - the Day of Aspic Melancholy What kind of strange holiday is this? A day when people are sad? In fact, everyone can choose for themselves exactly how to spend this holiday Some will give the fight to melancholy and will prefer to forget about boredom in order to fully experience all the positive things of summer The heat is at its peak, so there is simply no time to be sad And others, on the contrary, will happily indulge in melancholy and sad thoughts, because even a sad mood has its advantages Both the first and the second will be right Don't believe me? And we will prove it Let's start, perhaps, with those who sometimes like to get bored, dive into the depths of the subconscious, pull out the saddest thoughts from there and savor them with masochistic satisfaction The key word here is "sometimes" If this happens regularly, then we are talking about some kind of psychological pathology Sometimes it is not only possible to be sad, but even necessary Melancholy is a special human state in which mental anxiety is caused by a combination of boredom and sadness Many people do not know the exact definition of this word, but it is always associated with negativity Psychologists have long found out that two completely different types of people are most susceptible to melancholy The first are active individuals who constantly take risks and seek new experiences When they stop for a while and life freezes, then everything begins to seem incredibly boring and dreary to them The second are people who are afraid of others, lock themselves in their small little world and are sad because of the inability to get everything from this life Scientists have long been concerned with the question of why a person needs melancholy at all As you know, any emotions are a gift from evolution that helps us interact with the environment, develop and grow They always have some practical benefit Anger helps to avoid repetition of unpleasant situations, fear helps to recognize danger, but what does melancholy do? If this state is useless for a person, then it is strange that it is still inherent in us at all The answer to this question was found by American psychologist Sandi Mann According to the scientist, who conducted many experiments on volunteers, melancholy stimulates a person to learn new things, make discoveries, and move forward This state is associated with stagnation, which sooner or later becomes unbearable for a person Because of melancholy, he has a burning desire to change the world around him in order to move forward and develop, so this emotion is beneficial The destruction of personality from the inside is an extreme degree of chronic blues Sometimes there are failures in evolutionary mechanisms and what should help a person kills him Melancholy can lead to sad consequences for an emotionally healthy person if it strikes at the most inopportune moment Self-destruction during blues is usually carried out with the help of bad habits - from smoking to alcoholism A person is looking for a way to get rid of melancholy, but due to some circumstances he cannot find the right way out of the situation and chooses the easiest path - self-deception He acquires bad habits that create for him the illusion of salvation from melancholy Escaping reality is never a good decision As for the “treatment” of melancholy, here the opinions of scientists differ Some suggest not to dwell on this condition, which will certainly pass with time Others recommend moving on to convincing yourself that your life has meaning According to the results of numerous tests, it is the awareness of the value of one’s existence that most effectively helps a person cope with melancholy