Mental health recovery doesn’t mean waking up happy every day. It doesn’t mean you never get overwhelmed, angry, anxious, depressed, or exhausted again. Sometimes recovery is simply recognizing what’s happening inside of you before you react to it. It’s learning that a bad day doesn’t erase your progress. A setback doesn’t put you back at the beginning. And needing help doesn’t make you weak. For a long time, I thought being “better” meant having everything together. Now I’m