Yes Mowtown, there "are" stages to healing and I am so glad that you have talked about this because others here need to hear it.

There is a period that an inner negative voice can be strong, however, it just has to come forward so a person can slowly work through it. Often there is a particular theme that one continues to address and eventually it all just fits and begins to make sense to where that "hurt" theme really begins to ease up, which means the person has slowly learned their way and healed their way past it.

It is also normal to wonder "where to I do from here" too. We actually do that all our lives.

Glad to know you are feeling yourself leveling out more, glad you have shared that as others do need to realize that working through it and being patient is work, but it eventually gets better. PATIENCE is the key.

(((Hugs)))
OE