Overwhelming Sadness: Does Anyone Else Experience Waves Like This?

Yep. I haven't found a great way to get out of it other than pushing myself to keep moving and putting me in a worse mental place... Probably not the healthiest thing. Oh but I do suggest music as it has worked for me in the past. It helps me like an elevator. Each song is a floor. Going from out of reality to in the present step by step.

Yes 😥 I can usually pinpoint a “trigger” (familiar smell bringing back a memory, a train of thought that derails, witnessing something sad) but sometimes it’s just super random wanting to cry. I have learned that I process emotions in super weird waves sometimes too, and that sometimes an extremely sad feeling hits me out of nowhere because of something that happened days or even weeks prior that I just haven’t processed yet. It’s like my brain’s way of forcing me through a tough experience that I tried to “put off,” if that makes sense. In either case, sometimes I just… bounce right back like it’s nothing after I get it out of my system?? It’s so unexpected and it’s almost like I can laugh about it afterwards.