Understanding-Emotions/C2/Understanding-Sadness/English

Spoken Tutorial Script – Understanding Sadness

Keywords: emotions, sadness, loneliness, self-awareness, college life, storytelling.

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide 1: Title – Understanding Sadness	Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Understanding Sadness.
Slide 2: Hunter-gatherer scene	Thousands of years ago, people lived in small tribes.
	Sometimes, they lost a member of their group.
	In those moments, they felt deep sadness.
	Sadness made them seek comfort from others.
	This helped them stay united and survive.
Transition slide: Today’s world	We don’t live like hunter-gatherers anymore.
	But we still feel sad in similar ways.
	How does that happen? We will see this through a story.
Illustration: College hostel mess	Let’s look at a college story. Raja from Ajmer and Gopi from Chennai joined an Engineering college in Bangalore. Both were staying in the hostel.
Scene: Raja sitting alone at mess	Raja was sitting alone in the hostel mess.
	He wasn’t eating and looked very dull.
	He missed his parents, home food, and friends.
Scene: Gopi noticing Raja	Gopi had many school friends in the same college. While eating with them, he noticed Raja sitting alone.
	He walked up, sat next to him, and asked if he was okay.
	Raja replied softly, “I’m okay,” but Gopi could make out that he wasn’t.
Scene: Group eating together	Gopi invited Raja to join his friends for dinner.
	Slowly, Raja felt comfortable and opened up.
	He shared how lonely he was feeling.
Scene: Movie outing	The next day, Gopi and his friends took Raja to a movie.
	This small act of care made Raja feel better.
Breakdown slide	Let’s see how sadness showed up for Raja.
	His thoughts were: “I miss my parents and my friends.”
	His body sensation was low appetite
	His feeling was loneliness.
Reflection slide	Like Raja, all of us feel sad sometimes.
	Sadness can feel heavy, but it helps us connect with others.
	It also helps us value relationships and seek support.
Slide: Summary	Let’s summarize. Sadness helped early humans survive.
	In today’s world, we saw how sadness helped Raja build friendships.
	Sadness is not bad. It is a signal to reach out for help.
	When we get support, sadness becomes lighter.
Slide: Assignment	Here’s your assignment. Write a short paragraph about a time you felt sad.
	Describe your thoughts, body sensations, and feelings. Also mention what actions you took.
	Share it with a family member, or a friend.
Closing slide	With this, we come to the end of the tutorial on sadness.
Final slide: EduPyramids logo	This tutorial is brought to you by EduPyramids Educational Services Private Ltd, SINE, IIT Bombay.

Contributors and Content Editors

Madhurig, Mayahans