the desire to be sad: "tragically beautiful " art & romanticizing mental illness by oliSUNvia watched this and thought it was super interesting. loved her pace and flow and thought it was an interesting topic that I feel needs to be discussed more because the stress to be unwell in order to create art worth observing is a real thing which can shape impressionable minds I enjoyed it and would like to go back to write down some of the quotes why we enjoy sad music -hedonic thinking (maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain) the belief it will soothe us -Motivated by self verification feeling understood and feeding information in line with our own personal beliefs. keeping up with already established concepts of self. "what would my preteen years have been like if I didn't go out of my way to induce sadness"- Olivia