“Feeling blue” has universally come to mean feeling sad or depressed but why?

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A little bit of research brings up several possible answers:  

1.) Pre-death state:  To go blue in the 1800’s made reference to the medical state of persons and meant that they were at the last stage before death. This pre-death state has been linked with the emotional last stage of person in this phase.

2.) Navy Term: The term “feeling blue” may come from the navel practice of flying a blue flag or painting the entire hull of the shop blue if an officer or captain died during a voyage. 

Other unsubstantiated reasons can also be given but there does seem to be some contradiction when we check the psychological impact of the color blue:  

 What is The Psychological Impact of The Color Blue?  

  According to the site: artherapyblog.com blue has the following effect on us:  

• calmness 
• serenity 
• cold 
• uncaring 
• wisdom 
• loyalty 
• truth 
• focused 
• un-appetizing  

  

What Are Some of The Things That Usually Make People Blue?

Often people will say they are blue when there are dark, gloomy, rainy days. 

My meme is based upon the generally accepted meaning of “feeling blue” based on the weather 

I hope that you enjoyed my meme!

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