Healing is a difficult task that everyone needs to go through at some point in their life. You may need to heal from many different things, whether it is a breakup, unresolved issues within your childhood, or day-to-day struggles. Healing is a lengthy process that takes time, but there are ways to go about it in a healthy manner that lead to beneficial growth. There are many different ways to go about healing, and starting to find peace is an ideal way to do this.
Stop the constant need for productivity
Making yourself consistently busy is a common tactic to avoid facing your problems head-on. It is also a way to seek gratification from your work produced. While constantly being on the go may seem fun and ideal, you need to ask yourself: “Is what I’m doing benefitting me emotionally?” Typically, the constant need to rush and desire to go from one thing to the next leads to burnout and fatigue. While it is understandable that, in a lot of ways, you have things that need to be done, you also need to take care of yourself. Your well-being should come before your work, and there are ways to find a balance and take care of yourself fully.
How are you utilizing your time? Do you have something that you do that makes you happy? Are you spending the majority of your time stressed or worried? These are all important questions to ask yourself to start changing how you use your time. Slow down on the constant need to be productive. Allow yourself to feel what is going on. Do things that bring you joy rather than things that lead to burnout. Read a book, hang out with friends, and do things that fill you with peace. Everything is going to work out; you are allowed to slow down and enjoy the beauty of life around you rather than destroy yourself with perfectionistic workaholism.
set boundaries
Relationships are difficult to navigate in the healing process as you grow and change. One thing that is necessary for your relationships is to set healthy boundaries to grow in your relationships and ensure that they remain healthy and beneficial to you in a sensitive area of your life. Look at what you need from your relationships and what may need to stop happening. Taking initiative when setting boundaries is hard, and communicating these needs may also not be fun, but when these boundaries are set, they can help grow your friendships in a healthier way that strengthens them. Write out your boundaries and communicate them effectively with those around you. These boundaries will help you maintain your needs and boost your relationships in the long run.
therapy
Therapy benefits everyone and allows people to heal in different ways. Talking to someone with professional experience with what you are going through and feeling can be extremely beneficial. Therapy is something that everyone should look for at one point or another, and it can lead to healing and growth that you may not be able to have without it.
give yourself time
Time heals wounds. The pain you are facing currently will be easier to handle over time. You can work through what you are going through, and over time it won’t hurt as bad anymore. Healing can be a long process, and the growth is not linear. You may have days where getting up is more difficult than others, and that is okay. Your progress can be small, but it is there, and in the long run, you will have grown more than you ever thought you could.