It won’t be glamorous, but it will be better. Recovery is an ongoing process. With thanks to this Reddit thread.
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1. The question "Why bother?" may begin to go away.
2. Your ability to feel physical pleasure and pain might return.
3. You might actually feel "the pain of getting a bruise or the pleasure from having a good stretch."
4. And sadness may become a distinct feeling that you can recognize, instead of a constant state.
5. Your weight might begin to stabilize.
6. Food might begin to regain its taste.
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7. You might begin to sleep more deeply and wake more rested.
8. You might start to find joy in small projects.
9. Nasty thoughts may begin to quiet and fade.
10. You might feel like you don't need to carry yourself around anymore.
11. The little things -- like popcorn, and dog parks, and driving with the windows down -- might slowly regain their charm.
12. It might happen so gradually you don't realize until you look back.
13. Or it might happen suddenly.
14. "Life might go "from bleak and somber to colorful and exciting."
15. Colors might pop; everything might look "more vibrant, as if some sort of noir-grey filter has been lifted and [you can] finally see things as they are."
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