Why? Most news is bad news; most stories tend to be sad stories. People go to counselors when they’re feeling bad, not good. That’s where they talk about their feelings.

My mother raised me to remain as stoic as possible at funerals however, she did show us how to mourn and showed grief in the comfort of her family. Public displays were too fake for her.

I think that we have become a society of feel goods media wise but in reality we are full of grief. Why not show it publically?

Well . . . .

Some of us do. I sat in church with tears every Sunday for at least a month. My sidekick in the booth left me alone to grieve my marriage.

Many ministers seem to feel pressure to make us feel good after all who wants to feel depressed on Sunday?

I remember those sermons that brought tears much better.
Another thing is that America is becoming a self nation we care about ourselves more and more. I’ve posted on some of it being from the me generation (I was put into my place for that one :-} ) it’s true that generation dove into themselves head first. The next generation has shown that they can to it on their own terms.

Many of this melting pot are melted from groups that aren’t public griefers.

I’m German, English, French, Native American, and Scottish. Those aren’t known for the art of grief.

Why are their more down emotions than happy ones?

Perhaps because we tend to get to the roots of ourselves when we can admit that we are in pain.