between the rock and the cold, cold sea

Hey, you're preaching to the choir here. That kind of literature -- or should I say "Litter-a-ture"? -- makes everyone cringe. Give me a rollicking good yarn and away I go. No, what you do with the depressing stuff is _analyze_ it. Tear it to pieces, savage it critically. That's how you redirect your energies into constructive thinking...;-) Give it the terrier-like full-on whole-body shake-and-bake.

I could almost get myself into that frame of mind..nah. I'm too lazy now. :-D