MHM Recovery 7: Illness As A Comfort Zone

Talking today about how it is your MH problem can become your comfort zone, making it hard for you to move beyond it into wellness and the larger world even as you recover.

When you’re ill and can become anxious even about familiar places, you might end up stuck in a very small environment with yourself and your thoughts. That becomes a familiar and safe place to be, whilst everything else looks unsafe and alien. Of course there is nothing pleasant or comforting about illness, but your intern...