I always write when I feel bad enough.
I wrote down about my bad feelings. I wrote a letter I pretended to send them - it helped a lot.
I created a tool I used to see where on my way on healing I was. I used a clicker to measure amounts of thought I had about them and made a chart out of it (It was awesome to see how the thoughts dwindle to nothing with time)!
You can also talk about it with friends, family and strangers.
Yay! Discussing hardship as well as sharing the good stuff with folks can help if you have someone that fits around!