Acceptance without judgement toward yourself can lead to an awakening on your recovery journey. The day I truly began to recover was the day I accepted my past mistakes that precipitated my bipolar condition. I didn’t blame anyone or anything for my condition anymore. It was me, my responsibility and my actions that led me to this point. I had to accept this notion, to truly take ownership of my recovery.
Acceptance paves the way for forgiveness and forgiveness can lead to ownership. For example, I didn’t blame anyone anymore for smoking marijuana and taking party drugs in high school. It was me. I also ceased to blame the girl I fell in love with, to which I thought had caused a lot of my mental health problems.
I needed to see this as acceptance without guilt and blame toward myself, my past actions. If I could do this, I could free myself from years of shameful feelings. If I didn’t, I would continue to block the pathways of forgiveness for myself and others, therefore not being able to claim ownership of my mental health.
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