I agree, Bill. I got my diagnosis at 39, so it’s gonna take a while and i.m.o. it’s essential to acknowledge and accept that.
After I did, it became easier to stop striving for a ‘healed me’ somewhere in the future. I’m here now!
It’s kind of a paradox. First you have to realize how long things will take to improve, to be able to come back to ‘now’ and enjoy the struggle. 
Think about it, we’d miss our old turbulent self, if we’d make it to the Zen-state we sometimes seem to strive for.
I know I would!
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