Recovery process and vulnerability

[VivaldiBR]

I'm trying so hard to recover, but every obstacle in life is more difficult to process and defeat. I'm feeling very vulnerable and sensitive nowadays. Any problem become bigger and bigger. Someone related to this?

 

[MichaelNomad123]

I try to put a lot of faith in time. It is a pretty lofty and abstract notion, but for me at least, it helps. I think about things in the long-term often. That's not to say that I'm a long-term thinker, because I'm certainly not, but I do try to look at what can be achieved and what can happen given a long enough period of time.

I try to think about where I was 10 years ago. I always think in segments of 10 years, because I think anything more or less is too much to comprehend. I think about where I might be in 10 years. I think about how I've changed so much in 10 years. I think about my very low lows and my very high highs. I think about the people that have broken my heart and left me. I think of the people that have died. I think about my pets that have died. I think about the places I have stayed and the countries I have visited. All this within 10 years, and that is barely the surface. It's a lot.

So, for me, when I am feeling sensitive and vulnerable, I try to be easy on myself. I force myself to think about my 10 years, front to back. I try to trust in time because ultimately time claims all, not god or society -- time. In time, you will feel stronger than you do now. You just have to believe in it and yourself.

 

[SanJunipero1]

I'm trying so hard to recover, but every obstacle in life is more difficult to process and defeat. I'm feeling very vulnerable and sensitive nowadays. Any problem become bigger and bigger. Someone related to this?

Totally relate, if I'm in a good place mentally, I can deal with most shit by immediately turning it into a joke (and I also assume stuff's just going to go south now so I'm never that surprised if not still disappointed) but if I'm in a hole, the slightest perceived harm regardless of intent from friends and family can send me into a proper tailspin.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I can definitely at least relate to showing vulnerability being incredibly difficult for me...I don't have a solution either.