Tag: psychological flexibility
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Before I Could Use the Tools, I Had to Understand the Mind Using Them
For a long time, I wanted to get better, but the help I was given still had to pass through the same mind I was trying to heal. I wasn’t refusing help—I was processing it through patterns I didn’t yet recognize as unhealthy. Healing changed when I began learning the difference between healthy and unhealthy…
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The Abyss Between Inside-Out and Outside-In
There is an abyss between what mental health feels like from the inside and what others can understand from the outside. I lived on one side of it for years. Healing eventually allowed me to see both. The problem isn’t always that one side is wrong—it’s that each side may be seeing a different part…
Healing Unlayered 