Sadness
Dimension 1057 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Sadness measures the presence and felt burden of sad, blue, unhappy, or depressed emotional experience. It encompasses both transient sadness and more persistent, impairing low mood as expressed directly in an expression.
evidence final name · Sad Feel
Minimal Sadness
Expressions activating this band describe low mood in broad or muted terms such as feeling blue, unhappy, joyless, or depressed, often as a stated condition without clear persistence or interference.
Moderate Sadness
Expressions activating this band describe clearly felt sadness that is emotionally salient and may be tied to specific circumstances, bodily effects, or moments when nothing feels cheering.
High Sadness
Expressions activating this band describe persistent or hard-to-stop sadness that occupies much of the person's emotional experience and begins to disrupt everyday social or personal activity.
Severe Sadness
Expressions activating this band present sadness as a prominent ongoing problem or central feeling state, expressed directly and globally as a burdensome emotional condition.
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Minimal Sad Feel: Content characterized by sad, lot, are, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect sad feel at this level.
Moderate Sad Feel: Content characterized by sad, cant, are, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect sad feel at this level.
Intense Sad Feel: Content characterized by sad, feel, idk, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect sad feel at this level.
Peak Sad Feel: Content characterized by sad, feeling, are, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect sad feel at this level.