A therapist once reminded me after I felt like I failed at attempting something while inpatient at my local VAMC for treatment that just because I faltered didn't mean I had actually failed like I was thinking. Because at the time I was like many who believe that every misstep is a complete failure because we have no gray in between our black & white vision.
I know what it feels like to be making really positive strides in your life only to feel that misstep as a complete and utter falling down of sorts. The emotional turmoil it can cause can feel totally overwhelming and devastating at times but it is what it is, only a misstep and not the actual end of the world.
Often people who are bipolar and some other mental health survivors take every falter as the end of the world. Keep going and work through it no matter what your mind is telling you because if someone like me who suffers from PTSD/Bipolar/Borderline Personality Disorder/Major Clinical Depression and achieve two college degrees, nearly a bachelor degree as well. I was also in 20+ years of suffering able to survive a cancer scare that did put me into a down spiral but guess what despite my own father in law firing me when I got out of the hospital I survived.
And you can too.
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