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You Are Allowed To Feel Happy & Sad All At Once

"And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be…" ​

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You Are Allowed To Feel Happy & Sad All At Once
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According to Psychology Today, it IS possible to be both happy and sad at the same time! I am sure everyone (at SOME point) has felt this way in their lives.

If not, then are you even human?

"And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be…" (The Perks of Being A Wallflower).

This is a quote that has stuck with me for a long time. At one point, I began to question if feeling happy and sad all at once was possible or even normal. There are times I will be having the greatest day doing fun things and hanging out with friends. All the while I am having a great time, there will be something that just doesn’t settle with me... or something that has me feeling down. I just don't feel like my whole self.

Since I am having a good time enjoying life to the fullest, I would think I have no worries. During these times, I will even feel as if I’m invincible - that nothing could come between me and the joyous time I’m having. But, there are times I do get sad, even during the happiest of moments.


It’s a strange feeling, but it’s a feeling that normally doesn’t last too long because my happiness often overrides the sadness I may be experiencing. Sometimes, it can even be a pain because all I want to do is continue to be happy and feel like I’m 'Queen B' - taking the perfect selfie (more like taking 50 pictures and finding that one perfect one). Yes - I believe I look THAT good. It is more a bother and an annoyance than anything to have something making me that upset, interfering with my happiness.

Moral of the story, it’s okay to be both happy and sad at the same time and be confused about it. It just makes us all human and no one is alone in that. We feel things sometimes we cannot even explain. Its all part of the process of living this crazy, unpredictable, beautiful thing we call life.

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