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‘I Thought Recovery was Supposed to be Permanent’: Mental Health Is Not Binary, Fixed or Linear 
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‘I Thought Recovery was Supposed to be Permanent’: Mental Health Is Not Binary, Fixed or Linear 

There’s still a stigma around mental health. I had no idea how much until I became aware of how I was relating to myself. Somewhere along the way, I decided that if I ever struggled or needed anyone again, I had failed. I thought that recovery was meant to be permanent and that I should be self-sufficient, that I didn’t deserve any more help or love than I’d already had…

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‘Detachment and Healing Cannot Coexist’: Reflecting on Trauma Responses After Assault
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‘Detachment and Healing Cannot Coexist’: Reflecting on Trauma Responses After Assault

Things have happened to my body, but not to me. My body has been hurt, but I have not. My body has suffered, but I have not. Except obviously this is not true. It can’t be. And obviously, it does not help. It’s so incomplete. It attempts to eliminate so much mental pain and yet, in skating over such fundamental and heartbreaking truths, it only exacerbates it…

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