Brett Hartenbach, "Iain Matthews Orphans & Outcasts, Vol. 1: A Collection of Demos, 1969–1979", AllMusic (retrieved 5 July 2016). Kevin Howlett's liner notes, Dark Horse CD booklet ( Apple Records, 2014; produced by George Harrison), pp. 3–4.

Your favorite hobbies may seem less enjoyable when you feel sad or down, but giving them a try anyway can sometimes offer mood-boosting benefits. Pattie Boyd (with Penny Junor), Wonderful Today: The Autobiography, Headline Review (London, 2007; ISBN 978-0-7553-1646-5). She had so much fun mixing the colour into the magic sand, then carefully mixing it up. The set came with a container to hold 4 portions of sand so she left a little plain and placed the three coloured parts in the container. Music offers a number of mental health benefits, including temporary relief from sadness and other symptoms of depression. It can help energize you, so you could also see some improvements in any fatigue you’re experiencing. Spizer also comments on the irony of such comparisons, since Harrison wrote "Here Comes the Sun" in Clapton's garden. [35]

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That mask needs to come off. Otherwise, you’re just waiting for more sadness to consume you when isolated and alone. That mask is designed to distract others from your pain, but it doesn’t work in the long term. Eventually, that mask will break. While not everyone with depression will feel sad, unexplainable sadness you can’t seem to shake is one of the primary signs of depression.

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Then she was able to choose which colour to play with and use the Sensory Studio to experiment with it. It is very satisfying to play with and she could cut it and shape it with all the extra tools. The singer's viewpoint changes between the first and third person during the song. [1] [21] At the start of the choruses, [31] Harrison describes himself as the protagonist who "feels so alone / With no love of his own". [21] These words accompany a chord sequence – comprising D major, D augmented, D6 and E7 [30] – over which the melody ascends, creating musical tension. [36] The ensuing refrain provides what Leng terms "cathartic release" with the repeated phrase "So sad / So bad". [36] Perinatal depression involves episodes of depression that might begin during pregnancy or anytime in the first year after childbirth. It can involve worries about your ability to care for your child and intrusive thoughts about harming yourself or your child. You might also struggle to bond with your child. Exercise can also offer some mood-boosting benefits, so if you feel up to it, combine your sun exposure with a walk around your neighborhood or in your favorite park. Hardship does not define us. But it can take time to recover from one. Don’t speed up that process. Sadness is not an inherently wrong emotion to feel. It’s just uncomfortable. And when you go through a hardship, that sadness will be there. That sadness attaches you to what you lost that you loved. It gives meaning to it. It helps you understand yourself when you open up about your grief.