I agree music is a wonderful thing for the mind and soul, but that's just one of many simple pleasures I seek out.

What's a life of agony to one person is another person's five minutes of hardship. I think I recover quickly from many (not all) by not only having a compulsion to seek simple pleasures but to share Scarlett O'Hara's "Tomorrow is another day" mentality and strategy. It's somewhat related to CBT. Right now may suck, but this afternoon maybe not. And then go after that afternoon as if it's meant to be better.

Crying is a great release. That's good, as long as it is seem as a release. Get it out and then be freer. For others, a good scream does the same thing or some other type of "jolt" as I call them.

Never ever allow yourself to stop believing that things will eventually get better. Fight hard, or just patiently wait as if a bear hybernating in the winter. Or be that bear, but take peeks out of the cave now and then to seek the beam of light that finally illuminates your mind.