Why Inner Work Can Feel Like You're Going Backwards

When the heaviness comes back, it's easy to think you've failed You've been doing the work. The therapy, the journaling, the meditation, the deep breaths before you respond instead of react. And for a while, it felt like something was shifting. You felt lighter. Clearer. More like yourself. And then, out of nowhere, it's back. The same heaviness. The same old ache in your chest. The same thought that keeps circling: haven't I already dealt with this? It can feel disorienting. Even...