As I inch closer to my fourth podcast season, I’m still learning daily acceptance of my disability, depression, anxiety, and the migraines and heart palpitations that come with these invisible illnesses. Today my head is screaming, and my heart is skipping around like Little Red Riding Hood. But acceptance is my anchor. Accepting that the symptoms won’t last forever, breathing through panic, and not knowing what’s next gives me inner freedom.
This same kind of acceptance saved me in sobriety. Before I got honest about being an alcoholic, denial kept me stuck and I drank again. After my stroke, when I refused to accept that I had permanent brain damage and a real disability, I was just fighting myself. My healing began when I stopped pounding on the walls and finally walked through the only door out of the room. Sometimes walking through the doorway of acceptance is a daily decision, sometimes it’s an hourly one. But each time I choose it, I stop my war with reality. Acceptance changes who I get to be as I walk though hard stuff.
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