Don't try and be happy，it will only make you sad.Pretending to try to keep a smile on your face will only make your（1）s
adness
adness
worse，a new study suggests.
Feeling happy has become the only aim for many people in recent years，but fully a（2）
ccepting
ccepting
your sadness may be better.
University of Melbourne researchers said that avoiding being sad could be （3）h
armful
armful
for sufferers of the blues.
Dr Brock Bastian，a psychologist behind the study said，"The more happy the country，the （4）w
orse
orse
the depression."
Rather than being the by-product of a life well-lived，feeling happy has become a goal（5）i
n
n
itself.This emphasizes（強(qiáng)調(diào)） the message that we should aim to improve our positive emotions and（6）a
void
void
the negative ones.Society needs to change（7）i
ts
ts
attitude on depression，Dr Bastian hinted（示意）.He added that people have become so used to not showing signs of weakness as social media being used to celebrate achievements.
For the study（8）p
ublished
ublished
in the journal（期刊） Depression and Anxiety，the researchers tested 112 depressed（9）p
atients
atients
.Each volunteer was asked to test their levels of the blues and how （10）m
uch
uch
stress they faced to be happy.They were followed over a period of one month.
