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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I want to give a shout out to THIS^. Big time. Eyes on the prize. 
I very much relate to the "no room for becoming ill". It sounds like a horrible thing, yet I can't help but give it at least some degree of help in keeping me pretty darn stable. Throw in some coping skills for the "bumps in the road", and it's a good recipe. (Heehee, that's just the way the words came to me, but who could resist once realizing how apropos?)
I hope things go smoothly, but, as that's so often not the case, just remember, you'll get there. You'll get there. Eyes on the prize!  |
Thank you so much, Innerzone!
Let us all never give up!
There have, indeed, been times when I had to accept being incapable, not to mention in extreme misery. But that had to be temporary.
Once I wrote a blog post sort of on this topic. I called it "
Making Progress in the School of Hard Knocks". I won't take too much space posting the whole thing, but an except reads:
To describe my bipolar journey these last several years, I used to use an analogy of slipping down the side of a mountain, again and again, as I struggled to hoist myself or scratch and claw towards the top. I had to learn a degree of acceptance of this struggle, but also how to find pleasure and strength in my current spot(s). And yet, I prevented myself from losing hope of seeing and experiencing the world from a higher (or at least different) vantage point. So, very very slowly, as I can, I inch my way upward, or take steps forward along lateral paths. As I traverse and ascend, the world takes on a new and interesting view. Sometimes I take a break in a spot, and rest and meditate, but eventually move on. If I fall again, I try to choose a new route or one I wish to revisit in some way, but hopefully only for good purposes.
If or when I’ll ever reach the top of such a mountain, I don’t know. Is it even necessary in the end? My journey will not be for naught. All I know is that staying at the bottom forever is not an option for me. I will not be chained forever down there, nor will I dig a hole even further down to climb into.