I personally like (and have used many times) Puppy's technique if I need to let out the poison of sadness - shut the door to the bathroom, turn on the fan, grab a towel, bury my face in it and just let go.
And ain't it cleansing, cathartic, so good and exhausting (in a good way)?
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
