Think about a good memory, go on, make it one of your favorites. Do you feel a little better? For most of us, it does increase our mood and that alone is a very powerful tool. Isn't it funny how you can manipulate your emotions, something as simple as a good memory can change your perspective from this point on. We do it all the time, we lie to our self and put on our face of strength and act like it's going to be okay in cases of when a loved one pass away and you try to be brave for your children. Its a tool and like any tool it can be used for good or bad however people are people and when a person feels like they are being attacked and could use words to protect them self the morality changes and now that tool is used for defense. Is it moral to use a lie as a mechanism for defense? Would a country use it to protect it' people?
So when someone asks you have are you feeling and you know if you tell them the truth it will lead down a road you don't want to go on and a road that the person is asking doesn't want to go down, you reply back with I'm fine. We call this a white lie to protect both parties from grief. So we lie to our self for much of the same reasons and it could be used in a good way if you learn how, When you're feeling sad test it out and see if thinking about a good memory does anything for you.
