On Feeling Melancholy

The word 'melancholy' puts its finger on a particular species of sadness, which isn't an illness or even a problem: it's part of being human.

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Produced in collaboration with Hannah Jacobs and Lara Lee

[ansasanach]

One thing that makes me feel melancholic is when I think about the innocence of childhood and how I am slowly forgetting that time of my life

[ForlornFea]

I return to this video, when I'm in a dark stage... This channel has helped me alot. Thank you.

[mikejones]

melancholy can be a nice sadness, like the sadness you get when listening to a depressing song which is also a brilliant song

[daisyno]

i feel melancholy a lot and have grown to like it. it brings comfort to me it gives me just a little bit of patience and makes life seem a little bit sweeter and beautiful, and gives clarity

[dooovde]

LOVE the female narrator. Feels less like a lecture and more like an empathetic friend giving advice. It's lovely.

[thedevo]

_"It doesn't mean grim and miserable. It means grasping without rage the fact that the world is full of folly and greed, that it is rare to find inner peace, that it is hard to live comfortably with those we love, that it's very unusual to have a career that's both financially rewarding and morally uplifting, that many decent people have a very hard time. Often sadness simply makes a lot of sense."_

[CantThinkofaCoolOne]

"You can only avoid regret by switching off your imagination..." - my best bit. Thanks TSoL.

[petergrimstad]

The good thing with sadness is that all music sounds really good.

The School of Life is like a consoling friend you haven't seen in a while, willing to share in life's joys and miseries while offering some comforting advice.

[websurfin]

"When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now. The child is grown. The dream is gone."

[kateparker]

"You can only avoid regret by switching off your imagination." Wow wow wowowowwowwow thank you for giving me food for thought. This will be processing for the next few days...

[KhushpreetSinghX]

"You can only avoid regret by switching off your imagination", so true and painful :(

[radhika]

How can anybody not love a School Of Life video?

[KaAlKyGood]

For me, melancholy feels like reaching for something just out of sight, and often goes hand in hand with nostalgia.

[Beautifulcoil]

I've always called this feeling "Happy Depression". And to be honest, I'm in love with that feeling. It happens when you listen to a sad song like Bon Iver, see a movie that ends badly, or when you feel such an burning joy that you think of how you don't want that moment to end. It's a combination of pain and happiness.

[NPJGlobal]

The commenters on this video are just all so educated and lovable.... so different from the people I meet in my daily life ... that I couldn't help but shed a few tears, thinking in my utopia, about how marvelous life would be if we could all get together and live happy lives :') .

Best regards from southern France

[KTTYPNK]

i've always been melancholic, and it's a part of my life and personality, my whole existence. it's inevitable to feel it and i dont see it as good or bad, just... a feeling. something.

[tess]

I have always come back to this video going through college and trying to grasp the change occurring throughout my life. Melancholy is a way of trying to accept the grief and sadness that overwhelms us from day to day. No one is alone

[monkedoom]

i keep coming back to this once in a while

[geokramer]

This style of video, a balance between the narration, music and animation, it is so beautifully done. I am in love with this video.