ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 15, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021Having a personality disorder is still misunderstood because there is a giant stigma around it. People would just prefer to think that those with a personality disorder are choosing to be this way and will never change. It is important for those who know someone with a personality disorder…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 14, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021Many of us struggling with addiction have at one time or another been confronted with all of the stigmas around addiction and the negative stereotypes about addicts. We ourselves may have been negatively stereotyped, judged, ridiculed or rejected because of our struggle with addiction. With addiction so common and…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 14, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021One of the most popular and effective approaches to addiction recovery is the Twelve Step program, originally created as the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous that is now used by multiple addiction programs around the world. It can be hugely helpful to follow the guidance of the steps, and…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 13, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021The recovery process can be a complicated one with multiple different challenging emotions. We can experience depression, anxiety, deep sadness, fear, stress and overwhelm as we’re recovering. We’re tempted to think that all the hard work is done once we complete treatment or get through withdrawal, but in reality,…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 13, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021As we move through our recovery, there are various processes we have to go through in order to feel totally healed. Even if we’re able to abstain from our addictive substances and behaviors for a time, we don’t feel fully recovered if we still feel like they hold power…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 12, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021Many of us have a way of repeating our patterns unconsciously without realizing it. We perpetuate toxic and self-destructive patterns in recurring cycles. Our issues repeat themselves until we’re able to learn from them. Until we realize this, we tend to blame our issues on other people, or we…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 12, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021When we undertake the recovery process, there are many fears we have to confront and move through in order to come out on the other side of healing. One of our fears is the loss of our independence. We might be worried that asking for help makes us weak…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 11, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021Self-forgiveness can be one of the hardest but most important things we learn in the recovery process. We don’t feel deserving of forgiveness, and we replay memories of our mistakes and regrets constantly as evidence of our unworthiness. It’s almost as if we want to keep reminding and convincing…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 11, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021As we move through the recovery process and learn more about our mental health issues, we start to see that many of our fears are not based on truth but rather on illusion. We are consumed with fear about things we don’t actually need to be afraid of. We…
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ByBayviewRecoveryBayviewRecoveryPublished: December 10, 2018Updated: March 12, 2021Being unable to forgive ourselves is often a symptom of our shame and our fear of inadequacy. We feel our mistakes, wrongdoings and shortcomings are unforgivable. We feel inadequate and undeserving of love, understanding, kindness and forgiveness. We feel unworthy. We carry our shame with us for years of…
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