If any of you or your friends is feeling that way, you can try out some of the techniques mentioned below. I hope it can help relieve your burden and boost some of your spirits once again.

For those of you who feel that these techniques are useless, or if you feel like nothing else can help you here, I recommend that you seek out your local counselling centre. You can always find out more by just calling up the phone directory services and ask for a counselling hotline. Do not be afraid. There are friendly people out there just waiting for a chance to help you. So do make a call if you have the need.

On the contrary, if you know of any other techniques and would like to share with others, please send an email to me. I would gladly post it up on this page and give the credit to you (that is if you are kind enough to provide me a name, along with your techniques' descriptions).

Remember that the only person who can help you lead a better life is yourself.

The objective of this method is to eat as much as you can. According to doctors and psychologists, a full stomach will induce a sense of satisfaction and help relax your brain. So a cheap all-you-can-eat menu will be the best here. But if you are feeling rich, just go for any restaurant. After choosing a restaurant, enter it as though you are a hungry king. Then order as much food as you can eat. Treat every kind of food as an enemy or that something which caused your unhappiness. Pry them open, beat them and munch them down into your stomach. Do what you'd like to do to them and finish everything up slowly. After that, tell yourself they are all gone, all digested and all submitted to your will.

A word of warning though, order ONLY just as much as you can eat. An overload of food will not help much and is harmful to your health.

An alternative to this technique is singing. Go to a KTV lounge, pub or even at home to sing. Choose those songs that you like best. But this time instead of singing the usual way, sing it hard. Sing as though you want the speakers to break and stop only when you are almost going to lose your voice.

For those of you who have a punching bag at home, try adding kicks and head butts to it. Expend all your energy until you feel too weak to move. Then drink some water to end the session.

After that, hold your breath gently for about 3-5 seconds. Then breathe out slowly through your mouth, allowing your abdomen to fall back in place. As you breathe, imagine how the air gets in and out of your body. Feel the tension transferring from your body into the chair or bed. Continue breathing in and out slowly until you feel more relaxed.

Then clench your fists tightly and hold this tension for about 3-5 seconds. Concentrate on it and let go slowly, feeling the tension coming out of your hand. Experience the relaxed state after your fists are unclenched. Then proceed for your neck, shoulders, legs and feet.

For the neck, lower your head until your chin touches your chest. Tense up, hold for about 3-5 seconds and let go. For shoulders, raise your shoulders as high as you can, touching your ears if possible. Then let go and relax. For legs, raise both your legs as high as possible and hold for about 3-5 seconds before letting go. For feet, grip those muscles in them as tight as you can (curl your toes if necessary). Then let them go after about 3-5 seconds.