Life can be really stressful at times and can be completely overwhelming and sometimes life can really get you down. The world has a way of always telling people who are sad and who are in a mood that they need to toughen up, be stronger than what they're feeling and push it to the side or shake it off and be happy. But that's not always what you need to hear. Sometimes, you need to be told that it's all right to feel everything that you're feeling and that's what I'm about to do.

Sometimes when you feel sad, you just want to be left alone. You need to just put your phone in the other room and watch a TV show or read a book and shut your mind off. It doesn't mean your completely ignoring the situation or whatever is making you sad, but instead just taking the time for yourself. It's absolutely okay to distract yourself while trying to figure out what you're feeling. Don't let those who love you make you feel like you HAVE to call them in order to feel better. Sometimes you just need to shut off your mind so that you can gain enough energy to then face all that you're feeling to fully comprehend it.

It's okay to cry. Yes, for all the years you were told to toughen up and that crying was weak, I'm here to tell you that that's NOT the case. You feel like you need to let out a scream and cry it out - do it. Don't let a single person tell you that crying or expressing how you're feeling in any way, shape or form is weak. Letting your emotions out and being vulnerable is never weak. It's actually one of the strongest things you can do because you're strong enough and secure enough to show who you are and how you're feeling. It's always okay to express yourself. It's always okay to cry. Let out your emotions and feel everything that you're feeling. Sometimes being that sad and breaking down will help you work through it and help you move to the next step.

It's okay to express to the person who made you sad that they did that to you. As long as your expression is out of authenticity, out of caring, out of honesty and out of love, then you should always tell the person who made you sad that you're sad and why you're sad. Don't do it in a blaming or hurtful way, but if it'll help you to feel better, tell them how you feel and why you feel that way to start to work through things.

It's okay to be sad. It's okay to express how your feeling, whether that's telling the person who made you sad or by crying it out or by shutting out the world because that's what you need to do. However you deal with your sadness is more than okay because when all is said and done, you have a right to be sad whenever and however you feel. The bottom line is that it's okay to be sad and hurt and cry it out. You have every right to be and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.