mad coping skills

My 7 stages of coping with stress:
1) Make a list of all the horrible things that have happened.
2) Go over the list.
3) Be horrified at the length of said list.
4) Read it out loud, until tears are provoked.
5) Make sure to go back and edit; sometimes one item can be broken into two separate items, which will definitely be more overwhelming.
6) Ask yourself, "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?"
7) Pout. Pout real good.

I'm not kidding, I do this. Maybe not on paper, but at least mentally. And I just wanted to come clean, because I can't imagine a better way of breaking the cycle. Waaaaaah! Somebody call the wambulance.