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Finding My Way Back after the Fall

A personal story about recovery, work, loss, and how we learn to rebuild after breaking.

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Canadian Returnee
Dec 02, 2025
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Learning to Live Again

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Photo by Mojtaba Ravanbakhsh on Unsplash

I have been home from the hospital for only a few days, and every morning still feels unfamiliar. I move through the hours slowly, trying to remember what ordinary life once felt like. The sharp edge of suicidal ideation has passed, but I am not wishing for death, yet I am not fighting for li…

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