These days I have zero tolerance for pussy-footing around and beating about the bush. I haven’t got the energy for faffing or stroking egos. If something needs doing or saying I just do it or say it – never knowingly unkindly though. It’s just that I have to conserve my physical and mental energy for my family and my recovery. I can’t be doing with drama of any kind.
Category: 2017
#amrecovering: y is for yes
#amrecovering: x is for expectations
I’m trying to be realistic about my recovery. It’s been a year since I became ill, and although I’m much, much, much better I know I’m not completely well. I’m still healing. I don’t know when (if) I’ll be able to stop taking medication. I don’t know when I’ll stop being so easily exhausted. I don’t know when I’ll be able to say I’m totally well. Just taking it one day at a time.
#amrecovering: w is for warning signs
#amrecovering: v is for values
Mental illness can rock you to the core. It can strip you of everything you think you are. One of the things I learned at recovery college is that our identity is rooted in our values. Throughout all this my values never changed. Even though I did crazy things, I was still motivated by love for my family. I didn’t really change … it was the way my brain processed things that changed and that changed my behaviour. I’m still me.