I've a P.S. to my earlier post. We all have our crosses to bear and I am no exception. When things are really bad and I am really stressed, my creative juices dry up. (Too bad I'm not one of those people who cleans house thoroughly when she's stressed!) When I'm at the mind-exploding point, I do not want to read and there's never anything worth watching on t.v.
I can, however, hand-quilt when I'm incapable of doing anything else. I've been hand-quilting a king sized quilt for years. It is mindless work (because I have the quilting design plan finalized long ago), so I can poke away at it with my needle and thread successfully no matter how close my mental state is to a complete meltdown.
I only mention this in case one or more of you needs an outlet that's harmless, fairly mindless, and non-fattening.