
If you're wondering how to stop feeling sad, you're not the only one. Here, bestselling author of How to Be Sad: The Key to a Happier Life, Helen Russell, explains how indulging a little in the new year gloom can do good, and how to perk yourself up when you need to.
We’ve all been brought up to feel that being happy is good and being sad is not. Yet while we may aspire to be shiny, happy people, the ‘good vibes only’ approach needs a rethink. Most of us are so scared of being sad that we jeopardise our chances of being happy - or really living at all.