I will always be grateful to my mother, who said “No, I do not accept that.” I was determined to go back to work and I did. We may need time to rest. We may need support to get on our feet. We may need to try multiple times in order to be successful. For me healing was not always a straight line. How that works is individual and should be decided by the individual alone. However, it is possible for those with “lived experience” to work and be successful. In fact, for me work is the root of possibilities.