Healing Is Not Linear — And That's Okay
Healing isn't a straight line—it's waves, spirals, and gentle returns. Discover why setbacks are part of progress, how growth rewires your relationship with pain, and the quiet courage of patience. Post 3: Healing Is Not Linear (And It Never Was) Category: Healing & Growth Healing is often sold to us as a straight line: pain here, peace there, a clean march forward with milestones and checkmarks. We imagine it like climbing a mountain—steady ascent, summit in sight, then the glorious view forever after. But real healing moves more like the ocean. Tides rise and fall. Some days the water pulls far back, exposing raw sand and forgotten shells, and you think, Finally, I’ve reached the bottom of this. Then the next wave rushes in, carrying old ache with it—familiar, salt-sharp, unexpectedly strong. You didn’t fail. The sea simply remembered. This non-linearity isn’t a flaw in the process. It’s the process itself. Your nervous system doesn’t erase trauma or grief like deleti...
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