About Sadness

Sadness is true to her name, but this blue girl plays a critical role in the head of Riley Anderson. She is an internal alarm, a voice we all have, that signals to the other emotions that all is not right. Her job is to let the other emotions know when Riley is going through something and needs support and comfort, and she takes her tasks seriously.

Don’t let her fool you; Sadness has winning qualities as well. She loves to be helpful, and she likes to win. She doesn’t like being ignored or left out. She prefers to avoid long-term memories but has the ability to make them and all memories sad. She longs to be accepted by the other emotions and is by far the most sensitive of them all. She’s smart and has more common sense than her fellow emotions and seems to understand before anyone else how truly vital she is to keeping Riley’s mind in good working order.