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sanityseeker · 04:08 PM

Hi justfloating.... Perhaps I am not the wisest owl in the flock to be offering much advise on this subject because I have major issues with doctors and do my best to avoid them like the plague. But.... it does give me some insight that I thought I would share.

One thing I have learned and am doing my best to overcome my fears so that I can benefit more from as well, is that the recovery process is not linear. That is to say it is holistic in the sense that it requires movement from more than one directions at the same time.

Many around here refer to it as a recovery or wellness team. It may involve your family doctor, a pdoc, a therapist and, or supports from any number of other learned resources but it also, and most importantly involves you doing your part at the same time. Everyone and everything doing their part, moving together in harmony towards your recovery. You lead the team because you are in the best position to know what is working and what needs tweaked when. You give input to and take input from the team and then you contribute by making the best choices and taking the best steps conducive to your wellness.

You have an important role to play in helping yourself but you are not alone in the process. You are part of a team and that doesn't have to be so scary. Nurture the relationships and contribute to the work of the team. While some of the work will be hard to do you are not without help from your team to make the journey and process work for you.

I am not sure that there is ever such a thing or point in recovery as 'the last lingering bit of depression'. It has been my experience that depression comes and goes. You may go a long time between episodes or you may flip rapidly from mood to mood but seldom do we hear testimony of it vanishing forever. Its impact on our lives will be more or less disturbing depending on our treatment responses.

Whatever the collective armour we walk with we must always be diligent in taking the steps, accepting the treatment and engaging in the behaviours that put us in the healthiest place physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. We may only be able to at best guard ourselves against the effects of the depression. We may not ever see it vanish from our lives but evidence suggest we can manage it so that our lives are less impacted by it day by day.

Be not afraid. You are not alone even if there is work involved that only you yourself can do. You can do it because you are not alone. Wellness is a circle.