2023 — the Year of Recovery

An ongoing process for all of us.

Climbing mountains also involves challenge, pain, exhilaration and moments of highs and lows.

*** This post contains themes that can cause upset and trigger trauma, as I will talk about grief, death and suicide at various points throughout. ***

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2022’s review (which also contains sensitive themes) was a tough one to write, to read, reread and read once more before writing this one.

Thankfully, 2023 was no way near as tough. It has been a year where I had to rebuild certain things, where I was continuously challenged until I could breathe normally again.

There were still moments of extreme anxiety and panic, but as the year went on, as my resilience and my ability to rationalize things developed and grew, I found myself finishing the year stronger than before. With scars from 2022, that continue to heal, with memories that continue to pop up on a daily basis, but with a clarity that just wasn’t there a year ago.

Before starting, writing helps me so much when it comes to dealing with certain things. I write primarily for myself, as a type of therapy, but choose themes…