Healing Doesn’t Always Look Like Progress: The Hidden Parts of Getting Better

Some days in healing, you bloom. Other days, you just breathe. And both matter.

We often imagine healing as a straight path — marked by visible milestones, clear transformations, and linear growth. We expect ourselves to feel “better” every week, to keep moving forward, to have something tangible to show for all the effort we’re putting in.

But real healing?
It’s messy.
It’s slow.
And more often than not, it doesn’t look like progress at all.