Sentence examples for to avoid sadness from inspiring English sources

Most of us engage in behaviors that numb us in an effort to avoid sadness.

Given that I strive to avoid sadness and grief, maybe I've put up a wall to block the pain of my mother's death.

(Woman) They also reflected on the importance of coping positively with declining health to avoid sadness: "We cope with life in different ways.

(Woman) According to the participants, what helped them avoid sadness was accepting the realities of old age, gratitude for remaining function and for care, relating to own and family's life history, and religious activity.

With her long legs and love of innuendo, Bunny's the kind of girl you always want to have at the party because she's so expert at trying to avoid her sadness.

Trying to avoid the sadness and loneliness only prolongs the grieving process, so I lean into it and get through it.

"Outside of concerts we don't dress this way or act this way, to avoid trouble," said Sadness Spirit.

In the 1950's, that arbiter of morals and manners Emily Post wrote that more and more people believed that they should not go into mourning, to avoid casting "the shadow of their sadness".

Both Ida and Luangphaxay also said elders fear becoming a burden to their families, and will hide feelings of sadness and loneliness to avoid it.

I've greeted my demons with many names over the years, but I never give my fears negative or condescending titles; the point of greeting each visitor is to avoid identifying or believing fear, anger, sadness, etc to be ours; in naming these impulses we give them permission to arise without resistance or clinging.

But I know to avoid listening to music that fuels my sadness when I'm feeling out of sorts.