I remember talking to the shrink about the 'woe is me thing'. He said it's okay for a few hours or a day, sometimes we need to mourn our health. He said but then get off your butt and do something. Make Michael something he likes, or bake something. Write something. Go outside and get into nature. Help someone else when you can.
It doesn't happen so often now ... well since i started taking Natural Calm. It's a magnesium supplement and it has made huge changes for me. I'm more positive most of the time, i can sleep, i rarely think about dying (that was a constant thought since i was 15, throughout the day.. when i was sober enough to think, until about a year ago when i started taking the Calm) ... things don't bother me as much, likely because i get enough sleep now.