Can all of my friends be writers that craft their amazing news so beautifully? Celebrating with you that the sun has risen in you and over the darkness of OCD! Cried at the end. Freedom is such a powerful thing! So happy for you!
Aly, this is so encouraging! I’m definitely in the first light phase of recovery, and it’s helpful to remember that this is not where I will be forever. Also, I’m right there with you on the premenstrual exacerbation. My body doesn’t respond well to birth control or SSRIs, but I’m on the wait list for a doctor that I’ve heard fantastic things about who specializes in hormones, and that’s giving me hope. Thanks for sharing!
As for myself, I am teetering between darkness and first light today, though yesterday was sunrise! The instability and unpredictability these days is so draining. Reading this was a bright spot in my darkness today. 💜
There is so much light coming through your story. I felt your progress and improvement expand jn my chest. You’re so good at helping me really feel and understand your experience. The photos are beautiful too! Thank you for sharing.
This was so beautiful, Aly! I feel like I’m in a sunrise season. The darkness is lifting and the light is revealing a lot of things that didn’t make sense a year ago. And it’s a gentle, slow rise like the sun. It’s not the abrupt on/off of a light switch!
Can all of my friends be writers that craft their amazing news so beautifully? Celebrating with you that the sun has risen in you and over the darkness of OCD! Cried at the end. Freedom is such a powerful thing! So happy for you!
This is beautiful and my favorite post of yours this year. Sending so much gratitude for the message of hope.
Aly, this is so encouraging! I’m definitely in the first light phase of recovery, and it’s helpful to remember that this is not where I will be forever. Also, I’m right there with you on the premenstrual exacerbation. My body doesn’t respond well to birth control or SSRIs, but I’m on the wait list for a doctor that I’ve heard fantastic things about who specializes in hormones, and that’s giving me hope. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous!! The writing and the photos :) Who would know that illness could actually be so healing??
As for myself, I am teetering between darkness and first light today, though yesterday was sunrise! The instability and unpredictability these days is so draining. Reading this was a bright spot in my darkness today. 💜
There is so much light coming through your story. I felt your progress and improvement expand jn my chest. You’re so good at helping me really feel and understand your experience. The photos are beautiful too! Thank you for sharing.
This was so beautiful, Aly! I feel like I’m in a sunrise season. The darkness is lifting and the light is revealing a lot of things that didn’t make sense a year ago. And it’s a gentle, slow rise like the sun. It’s not the abrupt on/off of a light switch!
I love the idea of texting yourself “the good”! Very creative and disciplined of you.