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My experience with protracted withdrawal and everything I've learned about living well and enjoying life in the midst of symptoms.

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Protracted Withdrawal

Notes on Fear

There's no doubt that withdrawal is a frightening experience and I've come to believe that protracted withdrawal is largely a fear-driven state of being. A lot of us were put on these for anxiety in the first place and even those who were not certainly came to know the meaning of severe anxiety.  I think it's important to not lose track of the fact that this process is fear-inducing and fear-driven, in the beginning by fear that's quite uncontrollable and then settling into fear of the process i
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Protracted Withdrawal

Notes on Mindset

I think mindset is the most important part of the whole process, especially for protracted. If you can get into a certain mindset, one where you can fully accept the process as it is without judging it as horrible, unbearable, the worst thing ever and feeling desperate for it to be over as soon as possible, then it loses it's power and it no longer matters so much how long it takes to recover. I mean, I'd love to recover soon, but if I don't, I'm still going to have a decent life. Personall
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Notes on My Routine

Alright, so here's some basic notes on my daily/weekly routine that have helped me through this process.  Daily: Morning: I do a quick 1-minute lymph massage (you can look this up on YouTube if interested). This gets the lymph flowing and helps with swelling. My left leg used to always be a bit bigger than my right and I had constant puffiness in my face, so this helped with that. I make sure I get natural light in the eyes every morning to set my circadian rhythm, (not throu
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Protracted Withdrawal

My Story in a Nutshell

I had a blog on the 'old' BB and wasn't sure I would revisit the whole thing, but what the heck? I've been feeling lately like I want to Do Something, to contribute somehow. Maybe my experience can do that. Sometimes I think no one will want to listen to me because I'm 5 years in and not healed yet. People want to listen to healed people, ones that made it through to the other side. But then maybe that's just an excuse not to write anything, especially cuz I'm not quite sure how this new blog wo
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