May 2019
/ˈhiːlɪŋ/
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noun
1.
the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.
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Healing as a process and not a one-time action,
As a continuum,
As a pathway that doesn’t exactly end.
Recovery as a repetition,
Leaning and re-learning.
Learning that healing doesn’t happen,
Overnight.
I am not going to wake up one morning and realise I’m better.
In fact I don’t believe I will ever be “better”.
But I might in retrospect,
Look back at myself and think,
“Hey I don’t worry about that little thing that I used to anymore”,
And repeat.
And to me, that is healing.
Learn to pronounce
noun
1.
the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.
*
Healing as a process and not a one-time action,
As a continuum,
As a pathway that doesn’t exactly end.
Recovery as a repetition,
Leaning and re-learning.
Learning that healing doesn’t happen,
Overnight.
I am not going to wake up one morning and realise I’m better.
In fact I don’t believe I will ever be “better”.
But I might in retrospect,
Look back at myself and think,
“Hey I don’t worry about that little thing that I used to anymore”,
And repeat.
And to me, that is healing.
this is a response to a prompt by tumblr user lilithnoah !!! the bit at the top is the oxford dictionary definition of the word since I wanted to focus on my personal definition of healing in terms of my anxiety. I wanted the dictionary definition there to kind of translate that into my own one I guess.
