Sometimes, when I'm sad, I listen to sad songs and watch a sad movie and end up being sadder and depressed and let everything go downhill. I usually cry it out because there's no shame of crying as long as it clears your mind.
During that time I withdraw myself from the world and just be alone. A break you might call it. But no matter how long are your problems, you got to confront them. You can't just avoid them.
That break is like living in a bubble, everything is so quiet and perfect around you but as soon as reality pops it everything is back as it was. But that bubble helps you clear things up. I usually and MOSTLY over think everything. So that bubble is like a way to cleanse myself, look at things from another perspective after calming down and getting a grip.
Everything in this bubble just shares what I'm feeling with me, as if it knew what I'm going through. Everything just becomes blue like me.