Mrzzy ----- I can't relate entirely because I don't have any children. And I have wallowed before but thankfully it's been a good while. I find letting loose with a good yodel is helpful - probably because the breathing actually feels good. I also find that writing songs is very cathartic. I guess the last time I wallowed, I had been robbed of my entire paycheck and two credit cards (by subterfuge and not at gunpoint) and I sat down with my bead box and made a really splendid necklace. I never wore it, and later on, I took it apart and used the beads for something else. It wasn't the necklace itself, but the making of it that I really needed.I wish you all the best. ----------------KFC