(via drunkblogging) source: little-miss-tragedy
This really resonated with me. It's like that song - 'how?', by John Lennon....how can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
Of course, I have a concept of mental health and happiness; I've just never experienced it. And yet, I make progress. I have made progress.
What matters is the direction you're facing. Instead of holding up this perfect ideal of blissful happiness (which no one actually ever attains anyway) and seeing how far short you fall, consider your progress.
We always demonize struggle. We think there must be something seriously wrong with us to be struggling like this. But actually, struggles are valuable. That's one of the lessons I've learnt from life in general but more specifically from my taper (coming off valium).
When you're experiencing some kind of mental pain, it's not what it feels like. It feels like you're being broken down, but the opposite is happening. A good analogy I've heard is renovating a house. To renovate, you might have to knock down some walls and things are going to look pretty rough before it starts to look good. Making involves breaking. Likewise, the process of healing your mind is going to hurt, but the hurt is a reflection of healing.
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