--- title: Worry and sadness — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Worry and sadness», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Worry is the feeling of thinking again and again about something that might go wrong; a little worry helps you prepare, but too much worry makes rare t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Worry and sadness # Worry and sadness Lesson 91 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/0/) — Worry is the feeling of thinking again and again about something that might go wrong; a little worry helps you prepare, but too much worry makes rare things feel certain and spoils sleep and fun. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/1/) — Worries shrink when they leave your head: writing them down, telling a parent, or asking yourself «how likely is this really, and what could I do if it happened?» all help the brain let go. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/2/) — Sadness is a normal feeling for everyone, boys and girls alike, and crying is a healthy way to let it out; holding feelings in does not make them go away. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/3/) — But a worry or a sadness that lasts for weeks, or feelings so bad that you think about hurting yourself, are real problems that grown-ups, doctors and helplines can help with, and you never have to carry them alone. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/4/) — A girl in Toronto lies awake before a maths test; she writes «I'm scared I'll forget fractions» on a note, reminds herself that she practised all week, and falls asleep ten minutes later. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/5/) — Writing a worry down or telling someone helps the brain let it go, so you can sleep. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/6/) — Worry often makes things that will probably not happen feel certain. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/7/) — Asking how likely a worry really is, and what you could do if it happened, makes it smaller. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/8/) — A worry that lasts for weeks is a real problem, and a parent, teacher or school counsellor can help. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/9/) — When you are not sure if you did something wrong, asking is better than guessing, because the worry is often much bigger than what happened. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/10/) — Grown-up problems such as money at home are for grown-ups to sort out, not children. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/12/) — A tummy ache every morning before school can be the body's way of showing worry, so tell your parents and teacher. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/13/) — Crying is healthy for everyone, boys as well as girls. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/14/) — Sadness that lasts many days and takes away interest in things you loved can be an illness called depression, and it can be helped. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/15/) — If you ever think about hurting yourself, tell a trusted adult straight away or call a children's helpline (in Australia it is called Kids Helpline). - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/16/) — If a friend says he wants to disappear or hurt himself, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if he asked you to keep it secret. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/17/) — Going outside, moving your body, hugging a pet, music and talking to a friend all lift the mood. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/18/) — A boy in Ohio kept his worries about his parents arguing to himself for months; he stopped sleeping well, got stomach aches every morning and his marks dropped, until he told his teacher and things got better. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/19/) — A girl in Melbourne felt sad every day after her best friend moved away and told no one; she stopped eating lunch and playing, until her mum noticed and found her someone to talk to. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/20/) — Worry and sadness kept secret for a long time can cause stomach aches, headaches and bad sleep. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/21/) — Talking to a trusted adult about worries is one of the best ways to make them smaller. - ← previous: [Facing fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/90-facing-fears/) - next →: [Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)