New coping mechanism discovered: i just ate a whole raw garlic clove

Longtime anxious person here, new to depression. This means rapidly learning that all the coping techniques I'm used to to CALM my nervous system (lay down, deep breathing etc) are the complete opposite of what i need for depression. Anyway I was just trying to successfully cook my wife a nice mother's day dinner, needed to jolt myself out of the impending pit of despair, so I ate a whole raw garlic clove...and holy crap, what a jolt to the ol' nervous system. Pit of despair temporarily avoided! (I did immediately get indigestion and sort of regret it, but I took some Pepto and I'm good now).