When Feeling Sad Lasts Longer Than A Week. There I was on my knees in the middle of the kitchen floor bawling hysterically with my husband holding me in his arms trying his best to calm me down. I couldn’t catch a breath. I might have began hyperventilating. I can’t really describe what it was but it was a mix of screaming, crying and trying to breathe in between it all. I just remember feeling really, really sad. I also had a bucket full of other feelings and thoughts that were much ...