obvious cw for discussion of mental illness and relapse
open letter to myself and anyone else who this may apply to:
hey, stop beating yourself up
recovery will always have its ups and downs
that's the super important thing I learned about mental illness and the process of recovery: it will very
rarely be a straightforward, linear process. your brain is not a machine that processes lifestyle changes
and therapy instantly, it's a machine that's built to use habits and coping mechanisms to survive, so it
is very natural that it won't give them up without a fight!!
because of this, it's also pretty natural that along the way to full reco