When Things Have to Get Worse Before They Get Better

There’s a part of you that is flawed. The roots lie in your brain chemistry. They may be genetic. With the right care and time, you can learn to manage your flaws and construct a life worth living, despite your mental illness. I never bought this narrative around mental illness dominating our culture. For years, I had the stubborn hypothesis, the conviction, that my mental illnesses were not the result of flawed neurochemistry. I believed that if I gained insight into the real origins, I’d find permanent recovery. This belief kept me going and led me to plant medicine when psychiatrists wanted to medicate my depression and therapists were telling me to accept that my eating disorder may be a companion for the rest of my life. <a href="https://medium.com/invisible-illness/when-things-have-to-get-worse-before-they-get-better-3b85db1d62fb">Learn More</a>