Painting the Kitchen is an expression I heard during a group therapy session. One of the participants compared their life to a house, and after years of depression, that house was falling apart and needed re-fixing, so they said they would start slowly, first by painting the kitchen.
As much as I appreciate that sentiment, something felt a little wrong for me. Not that my house was in order, quite in fact. I saw my house in such a mess that painting the kitchen would only temporarily help, or worse, try to hide the rest. I saw my house's foundation crumbling and the whole thing about to fall down.
For me, recovery did not go through painting the kitchen, but rather through getting the foundation back on solid ground and building the entire thing up from there.
Wherever you are, maybe painting the kitchen is what's needed, on the other hand, maybe you need to start all the way from the foundation up. Most are probably somewhere in between.
What's important is not where you're at, but being honest with yourself to recognize where that is, and take it from there.
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