To be 'melancholy' is a brand of sadness that is over thought, prolonged and can be caused by any reason regardless of its the magnitude. It's a very
personal,
heavy weighing sadness. It has similar characteristics with depression however, melancholy is an insidious sadness. It'
s more than simple desolation or dejection, melancholy feeds on pensive self reflection in such a low state, reflecting lower and lower on itself until you can't see anything other than sadness.
Example 1)
Person 1: I just went for a 5 hour walk, didn't bring any
food or water and just listened to music.
...
Person 1: It's 3 AM... maybe I'll just
eat tomorrow.
...
Person 1: ... fuck I need to stop thinking about this so much, it's making me Melancholy.
...
