In Praise Of Melancholy Analysis

In Praise of Melancholy The word melancholy rarely comes out of people’s mouths, or people are too afraid to admit that there is sadness that goes around them. Society makes sure that this “life” is so happy like tv shows and movies that we don’t face reality. No one wants to face the reality that sadness and depression are growing more and more, but people are hiding behind meditation and antidepressants. There are some people who are starting to embrace their inner sadness. There should someone out in the world who would know you for who you are not what they think, how you appear to them, and having to pretend to feel something you can’t feel. Not to mention, people like Wilson accepted their inner melancholic state and trying to pretend to feel happy can hurt you and make you feel like you are not who you thought you were. As revealed by Eric G Wilson and quoted by Andrea Brownstein, “My fears grow out of my suspicion that the predominant form of American happiness breeds blandness. This kind of happiness appears to disregard the
There are some people who want to stay on their bed for a day and just let their frustration and cry like there is no tomorrow, so they can start fresh and feel newer. Also, society makes sure that those people feel worse about themselves and that they should find a cure to become happy when all those medications and those mental hospitals make them feel like the world has just tossed them aside. According to Lucy Farrington-Smith a blogger and a survivor of melancholy states“This was a mass culmination of mini-melancholies that tumbled into an overwhelming wave. It was a wave built up from a careful maintenance of emotions and a constant reigning in.” Which to me means that people are hiding behind their smiles and suppressing their