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Recovery Emotions
After a good couple of weeks I had a bad day yesterday. On what should have been a good one. One bad thing happened, I cried, and the rest of the day was cactus. I was starting the very first sessi...
Dear @kmacm
I think you are right. You have no hesitation about seeking (and seeking again) help for the body so don't delay about the mind. It's not weakness or lack of capacity, from my own experience it's more about a lack of any reference point with this particular sort of uncertainty and fear that your normal coping mechanisms are down the gurgler. Your 'normal' has been anything but, so getting back to normal is a particular challenge. Sometimes we need something other, not us, not our friends, not our family, to refocus and get clear about life again. I have no doubt that you will do so, you just have to shed any latent notions about pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps!! You'd help someone else in a flash, so now time for you. Best wishes.
I think you are right. You have no hesitation about seeking (and seeking again) help for the body so don't delay about the mind. It's not weakness or lack of capacity, from my own experience it's more about a lack of any reference point with this particular sort of uncertainty and fear that your normal coping mechanisms are down the gurgler. Your 'normal' has been anything but, so getting back to normal is a particular challenge. Sometimes we need something other, not us, not our friends, not our family, to refocus and get clear about life again. I have no doubt that you will do so, you just have to shed any latent notions about pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps!! You'd help someone else in a flash, so now time for you. Best wishes.