Emotional Pain Seasons

Ecclesiastes 3:1 – There is a time for everything, and an activity under the heavens.

We know that we experience different seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. But did you know there are also different seasons in our emotional pain journey?

• Spring – Your emotional state has been waiting a long time to get out of the season of winter and now begin your journey up towards summer. You make plans for a vacation (an emotional vacation) and begin to feel hope shinning onto our lives.

 

• Summer – Hope is here. All is right with the world and we’re enjoying life.

 

• Fall – We enjoy the beauty of fall leaves changing color, but it’s no fun realizing you’re about to head into a difficult time of season of our emotional pain. Thus, fall can be trying on your mind.

 

• Winter – Then comes winter. A time of coldness, darker days and a sense of lonesomeness as we openly battle a season of depression. You feel yourself retreating daily until you don’t want to leave your home and head out into the world. We think about how lonely we are, but we don’t want to try making new friends because we usually end up getting hurt. Expectations fail to become reality.

 
If we can just hang on until the next season, we can find we’ve discovered hope thus depression no longer has a hold on us. Thecut.com in their article, “How to Help Someone with Depression,” provides us examples of how we should start conversations with someone we care about that we suspect are depressed, such as using open ended conversations. “How are doing lately?” “Are you struggling with anything?” “Can I help you?” Find more ways to help someone who is depressed in the article.
 
If you’re the one who is suffering from depression, know that this season can pass if you keep our eyes on God and how he has been faithful to you in the past. Hang onto hope. And if your depression is a heavy load on you, seek help. Whether it be a friend who will listen to you or receiving a counseling from a therapist. This too shall pass.

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