Language Sadness Definition

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Emotion is difficult to define because there is no fixed definition that can explain what emotion is. However, researchers tend to define emotion as an essential tool as a source of motivation and producing behaviors (Tastin, 2014). Emotion plays a major role in human daily interactions. In today’s modern world for example, you probably noticed that, companies have different strategies in playing our emotions through their brand products such as use attractive colours or use desirable slogans to attract and buy their products (Chakraborti & Roy, 2013). We have expressed countless emotions since we were born that cannot be described in single word. Every emotion that we share has a story to tell which can be expressed verbally through language …show more content…

According to Salerno, Laran & Janiszewski (2014), sadness develops when the person reflecting his or her personal response to the sense of loss. Sad was one of the emotions that I faced for the first and two months of the semester. Whenever I used LRT, I saw happy family standing together in the LRT, the children were so excited as the parents telling new information. Looking at them reminded me of my time with family especially my childhood. Not just that, sometimes while I was having my lunch in a restaurant, I have seen a lot of families eating their food together with their children and parents. They laughed, smiled and talked happily. As an international student, watching them made me feel sad because it reminded me of my time with my family, home and a sense of losing my family beside me. Being far from family means I did not have the chance to spend my time with my family such as having dinner or going out with them. To overcome this situation, I need to calm down and be patient. I always remind myself to stay strong and remember my intention to come here in Malaysia. Furthermore, how I expressed my sadness was usually either calling my family or went out to a park and took some fresh …show more content…

According to the theory of well-being, authentic happiness is an important tool to elicit happiness. The authentic happiness occurs when the person encounters a condition that is beneficial for him or herself. As the person experiences authentic happiness, their life satisfaction also increases, which in turn elicit happiness. For example, in this context, I encountered a situation where my friends complimented on my body that was directly beneficial to me. It was beneficial in a way to motivate and reward myself for the hard work I did. Thus, I reacted to them with a smile and the authentic happiness developed after encountering the