Step 3 of recovery: (more) meaningful interaction (and appreciating it and not creating expectations) and no regression (not replacing one thing with another; sabotage, excess; taking a step back if necessary).
Step 1 was eating and no (other) self-sabotaging/-damaging/-harming behaviour, step 2 not feeling pressured, fearful or unable; feeling responsible yet free; appreciating stability.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide.
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me.
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