YES go hit things. Very good. I also suggest going to hit things with other people, and then going to food with said people afterward, great against mental issues.
Which leads me to today's yay moment, depression has started the upward climb of the cycle! (As in, my mental state is going back up, not that my depression is climbing—it's falling) anyway now that I can't word, I'm just gonna go check the rest of my notifs