When “Better” Doesn’t = Symptom-Free Recovery
Why Healing Isn’t Perfect You’re recovering, yet some days you still wake up with anxiety or sadness, and you wonder if you’re failing. Healing isn’t about perfection. It’s about living a meaningful life with the shadows that remain. “Recovery isn’t about erasing symptoms, it’s about learning to live fully with them.” Key Insight True recovery doesn’t always mean being symptom-free. Real recovery is learning to thrive despite symptoms, valuing progress over perfection, and redefining “wellness” for your own life. My Recovery Story I remember the afternoon I realized my “good days” didn’t look like what I thought recovery should. I’d finally made peace with getting out of bed without dread. I laughed at something small. My heart felt lighter. But that evening, a sleepless wave hit, my chest tightened, and the old fear whispered in my mind. I wondered if I still have nights like this, am I really getting better? I’ve carried that tension a lot: wanting the rising sun to ...