recovery

Sometimes trying to understand sadness in your life is like peeling an onion, the deeper you go into it the more it makes you cry. So despite all advice to the contrary talking endlessly about sorrow does not always result in happiness.  Nurses know that the more you pick at a wound the less likely it is to heal, and often it is beneficial to just  cut out the dead flesh, cover it over and give it time to heal. There may always be a scar, but a scar is proof of healing, a sign that the wound is closed and it doesnt hurt anymore.

When attempting to recover from melancholy or dark depression, don’t judge yourself and don't accept blame, as this can make you afraid to try new experiences and create new choices. Hippocrates said ‘healing is a matter of time, but sometimes it is a matter of opportunity’, so try to think of the future as a place, full of opportunities, each of them having the potential to improve your life.

Healing is not always about getting instant relief, when recovering from emotional wounds it is often about changing the sorrows of the past into hope for the future.

 Recovery takes courage and somewhere in all of us there is courage, even if the doses are so small we only have enough to get us through just one day at a time.  Churchill believed ‘it to be a mistake to look too far ahead, only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time’ 

"When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there." Eeyore