Relapse in suffering is more common than we think, far from understanding it as a failure, it should be seen as a sometimes expected event, as normal in the process, taking two steps back can sometimes be the best strategy to gain ground. everything, no one leaves the tunnel in two days, it’s a long journey where stops and setbacks are frequent.
What any therapist experienced in treating depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse or other mental illness knows is that their clinical strategy with their patients should include a good relapse prevention program, however, as the professional himself knows, it is also necessary for the person to know that this can happen.
- “Your emotions should not be overwhelming.
- Shouldn’t they stop you from being everything you want to be?-Wayne W.
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Those who live in suffering often expect this difficult and unbearable trance to pass as quickly as possible, especially wanting a time when they can finally breathe without hurting themselves and sleep for several hours in a row without waking up in tears. the recovery process as a straight stretch in which, at each step, we reduce the distance to the end that marks the end.
It is important to understand that this does not always work, it is common that at some point you return to the starting point, almost not knowing why, you have taken two steps back or worse, to prevent this from happening and To be in a state where the relapse is much worse than the fall itself, you have to prepare with a good “Arsenal”. Measures that protect us and the resources that drive us.
According to a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, how we process information will determine whether or not it is a possible relapse of suffering. For example, one thing you can see by MRI is that there are different types. some are more adept at responding to traumatic, complex or difficult events.
There will be people who will move better in suffering because their mental focus is more resilient, because their way of thinking is more resilient and at the same time more flexible; others, on the other hand, experience slower progress and continuous setbacks because they tend to be anchored in too much concentration of the mind and because they treat stimuli more negatively, all of which cause greater brain exhaustion and a waste of energy that leaves the patient stuck at a difficult stage of progress.
However, the fact that there are different ways of dealing with information and different mental approaches does not mean that some people are forced to suffer again at some point, if there is one thing we know about the brain is that their plasticity is incredible. and we can train it, shape it to remove the edges that make us more vulnerable. We can all do it, let’s see how.
As we have noted, good psychologists and health professionals know that to treat any disease, disorder or problem event two action plans are needed: the intervention strategy itself and an intermediate point to avoid relapse, to maintain the state in which the patient is located. force and encourages us to move on.
Do we sometimes, because of the circumstances of life, be forced to learn to walk?A loss, whether physical or emotional, implies a fall, a suffering where everything falls apart and we are forced to rebuild, to learn to walk again.
In this process it is common to take a step back and two, let’s not see this as a problem, let’s not see this setback as the inability to move forward, understand that sometimes you have to take a step back to get more momentum.
We need to be aware of how relapses tend to materialize. Being warned will allow us to react a little faster.
The practice of mindfulness is very useful for all those who have overcome depression, who have just gone through suffering or even for those who abandon an addiction, with this practice the person acquires better mental control and opens a more powerful channel to better face with emotional suffering.
Finally, it should be noted that the practice of mindfulness requires knowledge, involves knowing how to introduce it into our daily routine so that it is truly beneficial and helps us avoid a relapse.