I find art to be a very useful outlet.
Went to a beginners oil painting class a few years ago, problem is they wanted still life's, portraits etc. and my art is usually abstract. But it still was fun to learn some of the techniques.
I dabble with different mediums. Love clay, the self hardening kind, would love to try a pottery wheel someday.
Thursday night I was jamming, and I pulled out my oil pastels.. it helped a lot to put all that negative junk on to the paper.