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Recovery isn't a step-by-step process but one based on continual growth, occasional setbacks and learning from experience.- APA
Mental health is always looked upon from a bio-psycho-social perspective.
It involves an interplay between your genes, your personality, your environment, interaction with the people around you; which changes in different situations affecting your recovery.
It's important to normalise recovery being non linear and it's pace being subjective to each individual.
Uncertainty exists all around us, it's impossible to hatch out all the possible 'what ifs'. Let's instead try focusing on the certainty we can find.
Let's start building up one's resources, identifying what could help and strength our social support.
No two problems are alike.
As Yalom says, "Even though you're alone in your boat, it's always comforting to see the lights of the other boats bobbing nearby."