Apr 5, 2023
avoidance
it’s not avoidance to have limits on what you can cope with. you’re not perpetuating your mental illness by having symptoms of your mental illness; the only thing perpetuating it is lack of treatment, or ongoing situations, lack of healing etc. none of which is your fault.
healing’s great; being pro-recovery is great, but it’s not wrong to not be moving towards that. and realistically, support is needed to heal, time is needed to heal; the right circumstances are needed. and sometimes, full recovery is impossible.
partial recovery or ‘managing’ rather than healing are excellent goals. it doesn’t mean you’re ‘lazy’, or that you ‘brought it on yourself’. illness is illness because it hurts You. 🌹