Sometimes things just come to you, and they make sense. And then you have to stop what you’re doing and write it down. That’s what happened to me yesterday when I was feeding the chickens. Yes, feeding the chickens, all 25 of them. And the duck.
My brain tends to work in metaphor and analogy a lot. Apparently yesterday was no different. When the boat is rocking you have to find your sea legs and sometimes what we need to do seems to be counter intuitive to everything we think we know. But sometimes…. that’s exactly what we have to do.
Depression and anxiety are like being on a ship in rough seas. All of a sudden your whole world, literally the deck beneath your feet is lurching to and fro, throwing you around mercilessly. Unable to keep your footing, you’re getting drenched by the crashing waves. Your stomach matches the lurch of the deck as you slip and slide, feeling like you have lost complete control over everything including yourself. All you want to do is make it to the head and die but here’s the thing…
While every fibre of your being is screaming get below deck to the head… any sailor will tell you the solution is actually to
- Stay above deck
- Stay in the fresh air
- Take deep breaths
- Keep your eye on the horizon where you want to go
- Don’t fight the lurch Rock and Roll with it
- Vomit over the rail but not into the wind
It probably won’t be fun or easy, but when the sun comes out, which it will, and the waves recede, which they will, you’ll walk the deck sure-footed again in warm gentle breezes with a grin upon your face.
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