Mara, hun, try to look at sadness this way...compare it to a broken leg. Whether the leg was broken by a fall down a couple of steps, or because it was hit by a vehicle, the seriousness of the cause does not change the fact that the leg needs mending equally as important in either case. The cause does not change the need for treatment.

The same goes for emotions....whether sadness is caused by a serious trauma or a chemical imbalance in the brain or seasonal blues or a hormone imbalance, sadness still needs to be cared for and paid attention to and nurtured.

If you feel sad and need to express it, then you deserve it as much as anybody else. Injury and pain, whether emotional or physical is not a competition.