Those snowstorms are almost a metaphor to the mental storms you are struggling with. Say you only had the grief of the snowstorm to deal with.... it’s possible to turn that inconvenience into a hell by how much you (or anyone for that matter) struggle against the simple fact that ‘sometimes it storms’. You can’t lecture or scream a snowstorm away.... you just have to ride it out. And, in no longer struggling with the reality that you’re in the snowstorm you can start to find some peace.... profound peace: because now you’ve cultivated peace through a rough moment. Similarly: you’re going through a mental storm. Like that snowstorm it can feel that you have little immediate impact on it. Lecturing or attempting to yell it away will only exacerbate it. Desperately trying to make it less painful likewise can make the storm swell up. But starting to view it along the lines of “sometimes there are mental storms.... but they do pass” may help cultivate a different attitude towards storms of that nature. And that even during a mental storm you can have a profound sense of peace beginning to grow inside of you. Regardless: God be with you. You’ll be in my prayers tonight (and going forward)
Sorry to hear about your depression. I’ve been there.... anxiety too (and insomnia). If I could suggest a book “Searching for and Maintaining Peace” by Fr Jacques Phillipee.
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Those snowstorms are almost a metaphor to the mental storms you are struggling with. Say you only had the grief of the snowstorm to deal with.... it’s possible to turn that inconvenience into a hell by how much you (or anyone for that matter) struggle against the simple fact that ‘sometimes it storms’. You can’t lecture or scream a snowstorm away.... you just have to ride it out. And, in no longer struggling with the reality that you’re in the snowstorm you can start to find some peace.... profound peace: because now you’ve cultivated peace through a rough moment. Similarly: you’re going through a mental storm. Like that snowstorm it can feel that you have little immediate impact on it. Lecturing or attempting to yell it away will only exacerbate it. Desperately trying to make it less painful likewise can make the storm swell up. But starting to view it along the lines of “sometimes there are mental storms.... but they do pass” may help cultivate a different attitude towards storms of that nature. And that even during a mental storm you can have a profound sense of peace beginning to grow inside of you. Regardless: God be with you. You’ll be in my prayers tonight (and going forward)
Sorry to hear about your depression. I’ve been there.... anxiety too (and insomnia). If I could suggest a book “Searching for and Maintaining Peace” by Fr Jacques Phillipee.