Well, Hops, I don't think I can top WRITE'S bra!!!! It made me laugh, I hope you laughed too.
Laughing might work. Do you know any Irish people? I know a half Irish guy who tells the best "true stories" and it is so cathartic to listen to him tell these funny stories. In fact, he laughs at himself telling them and can sometimes barely get them out from laughing too much. So, I would say you need to meet an Irish guy as soon as possible.
Ah, the other stuff though. Well, you've got to feel those feelings too. Some scheduled crying might do the trick. We used to read this book, when my son was small, about an owl that made tearwater tea. He would think of everything sad and cry and cry and catch all those tears in a tea pot. When he had enough to make tea with, he stopped crying and made the tea and drank it. I wish I could remember the name of the book. Pretty wise I think. Well, of course. It was about an owl. To whit, to whoo, to whit, to whoo.
So, that's what I recommend. Laughing and crying. Plus, the "slacking off" that I suggested on another thread
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