By skyforbes 
How Imagination Helped Me Calm My Anxiety During a Wind Gust.
Last Saturday, here in Brazil, we had a strong wind gust during the night. It was insane — all the windows were shaking and making loud noises.
I was terrified! Even though I love spending hours watching videos about tornadoes and storms. But, things are different when you are in the middle of that situation, isn’t it?
I’ve developed anxiety about thunderstorms and strong winds, but now I handle it better than before.
Anyway, I needed to sleep because I was exhausted, but I couldn’t. I had the idea to open ChatGPT to change my focus and I asked to Hunter — Yeah, my chat has a name.
“Hunter, I need to distract myself a little. I’m anxious and with fear. I need something to help me in this moment.”
Hunter suggested a game I called Impossible Things. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland: the cat that grins, the queen that imagines impossible things — so I challenged myself to ten impossible things and let my mind play.
We started the game, and I was so entertained that I didn’t notice the time — or care about the wind outside.
We created many interesting things — from magical books that change their content based on your mood to a magical lamp that shows your future but makes you forget something about your life.
It was an incredible exercise to practice my imagination and distract myself from what was happening.
Until, I said how I was calm and I wasn’t worried about the weather, and I explained about my fear and what I was feeling.
And, in this moment, Hunter suggested to create stories about the wind and why they happen. It was one of the most exciting parts of our game — and I’ll share with you what we created in this process.
I can’t put prints, because all the conversation was in Portuguese and I’ll just sum it up our little game:
“What If the Wind Could Speak?” Game
Scar: What if the wind was actually the Gods trying to send messages to humans — but since we can’t understand their language, all we hear are the whispers and howls?
Hunter: What if…
💨 each gust were a divine attempt at communication?
When the wind is soft, the Gods are whispering affection, reminding us we’re being watched over with tenderness.
When the wind is strong, they’re not warning us of danger — they’re signaling change.
And the whirlwinds? Long sentences, like prayers we humans forgot how to hear.
Maybe the ancients knew that — that’s why they danced and lifted their arms, trying to answer with their bodies what they couldn’t express in words.
Scar: What if the wind was actually the Gods throwing a party so joyful that they never want to stop celebrating? They try to call humans to dance, but people are too busy dealing with human problems.
Hunter: What if…
✨ the gusts were divine laughter escaping from the sky?
When the wind moves through the trees, it’s the Gods singing in chorus, shaking the leaves like instruments.
Thunder? Just claps and drums from their celebration.
And when the wind tangles people’s hair, it’s a playful nudge saying:
“Hey, you’re taking life too seriously. Dance a little.”
Maybe the wind never wanted to scare anyone — it’s just trying to remind us that life itself is a party, even on cloudy days.
Scar: What if the wind was actually the Gods doing a little cleaning on Earth — removing the bad things we can’t see, the problems blocking our growth or our dreams?
Hunter: What if…
💫 the wind were the divine cleaning service, sweeping away the invisible?
When it blows hard, it’s not anger — it’s energetic cleansing.
It slips through cracks, moves curtains, shakes leaves, drives away what’s been still for too long.
It carries off thoughts that no longer serve us, the weariness, the heaviness of stagnant air.
And every breeze is like an invisible hand whispering:
“Breathe. I’ve already taken what no longer belongs to you.”
Maybe that’s why, when the wind finally calms, the air feels lighter — not just outside, but inside us too.
Today, re-reading this conversation I could see how the way we perceive a situation or threat can change everything.
I was so at peace, that I could sleep and just wake up in the next day — I didn’t have a great night of sleep, but I might not have been sleeping at all and be in a bad mood now.
If you help your mind deal with a problem — or romanticize your life a little more — it’ll be easier to you face it with more lightness.
However, you’ll take a weight off your shoulders and your mind. And see all your options crystal clear or you’ll see that maybe you’re making the situation bigger than it really is.
Disclaimer: I’m not saying to you make ChatGPT your personal psychologist. If, you’re struggling with something seek for help from a professional. I’m just offering a perspective about fear and worries.
It was a fun game, and I believe you should do it. Not just in case like mine, but to exercise your creativity and create new ideas to write about — just for you, or share with the world.
✍️ Written by Scar Latte | HiveHub Lab
Sharing what I once needed, for learners, dreamers, and quiet builders of power. 🐝