@anxiety_recovery: The Goal Is Bigger Than Healing Recovery becomes the thing you chase. The feeling you're always measuring. The finish line that keeps moving. How do I feel today? Better or worse? Am I making progress? Is this working? Two years go by. Three. Five. Ten. And the healing journey itself becomes the thing you're avoiding life for. A step people often neglect: Part of healing is letting go of the healing journey. Because the nervous system doesn't fully settle while recovery is still the center of your life. It settles when life becomes the center of your life. Purpose. Relationships. The things that actually matter to you. Nobody gets a trophy after this. You just get your freedom back.