Turn and face the strain. Agree to be whatever negative thoughts say. Stop asking for pain or ennui to go away. Agree to be the pain. Stop asking for help. Be the pain and it will fade. Only resisting it causes you strain & pain, and sometimes we can't help resisting it. It's only a storm and all storms pass. Agree to be the storm. Life will always have these tough spots. But there is more smooth than rough, overall.