Sad? What is the first thing you do to relieve yourself?

Whenever I'm sad the first thing I do to make myself feel better is watch tv. I usually tend to get depressed when I'm sad and I can't make myself go out shopping and see some friends..so to fight the depression I usually watch tv. My daughters will also go "Mommy, wanna hear a joke"? That's what they do whenever they catch me in a sad mood. Sweet, huh?

My favorite coping skill actually drives my husband crazy. When I get upset, overwhelmed, stresses, fatiqued, ready to move, ready to give up I overhaul my house. I rearrage it room by room. I clean all the nooks and crannys but I also move things to new places, sometimes new rooms all together. I have even changed my cupboards, putting the plates where the non perishables used to be. The drawers in my dressers, yup I have rearranged those too. I love the way it makes me feel to loose myself in my cleaning and arranging my "stuff". It is so refreshing to have a new space to look at. It does drive my husband crazy because he is always having to ask me where things are. My roomate in college made a rule about a semester in that I could move anything I wanted as long as her bed stayed where it was and she could see the TV from her bed. My mother would wake up to me rearranging my bedroom at 3:00 in the morning when I was younger. I always feel better after. While I am cleaning I process my issue(s). When the mess has been cleaned up around the house I feel like the mess in my head is sorted out as well. What about you? What do you do to cope and comfort yourself?