Trust the process is a saying that I have been using a lot lately in my journey.
It helps me to remember that you may not notice the changes day to day but over time you will.
It helps me to remember to just keep going and see what happens.
It helps me to remember that things that are important to you takes time.
It helps me to remember to just keep focusing on what I need to do for now.
This made me think about my journey of recovery from an eating disorder.
Had I made the connection that things take time, I might have been kinder to myself in the process.
I had to realise that recovery is not a straight line it is linear and has challenges.
I had to remember that, that is okay and I wasn’t a failure when my journey didn’t look like someone else’s.
Or, that someone spent less time in hospital then I did.
How I thought I would recover was not how my journey went.
I did not have that focus when I was in the hospital I was just focusing on minute by minute.
I couldn’t even imagine myself well at that time and what I would look and feel like.
I couldn’t imagine living a full life.
I was not trusting the process.
I did not realise that it was a journey.
Trusting the process was hard.
I found trust difficult when I was in hospital and it took a few attempts and a lot of tears to find the right professional for my recovery.
When you have that trust and you realise that someone sees you as a person and not the illness then slowly trust begins.
I have realised that for me, to trust the process I need someone who is nurturing and caring.
I realised I did not need someone that was clinical and head theory.
When I am trusting the process, I need to be surrounded by nurturing and caring people.
This is what works for me.
Finding someone that is cheering you on is so very important.
Who is cheering you on?
It takes time and it will be so worth it.
Will share more soon.