No. We should not be normalizing this sadness, we should be normalizing compassion and self love. This is the only way that we can help each other to honor and respect our own emotions. Normalizing sadness is like normalizing the okay to hit the kill switch. We need to tell those we care about that it is okay to talk about or feelings and it is okay for us to feel the way we do. We all have reasons to be sad, but it should not be normalized in the sense that most people would use the word normalize. To do that would mean allowing the pharmaceutical companies to win and leaning on other people to fix our problems instead of healing our ailments ourselves and holding ourselves accountable for our own emotions. I love and honor my fellow hooman race, I just feel we need to take more responsibility for what it truly means to be on this current version of this planet.
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Yes....I appreciate your passion. I'm not sure I meant normalize in the way you've interpreted it. Or, perhaps I chose the wrong word. I'm referring to my hope that someday it won't be so awfully stigmatized. Contrary to believing sadness should somehow be done away with, I actually feel it is an imperative part of being human. It's the lack of acceptance of it that turns it into something shameful and unwelcome. I'm reminded of the animated film 'Inside Out' – have you seen it?