In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shows why the first step in mental health recovery is "setting the intention to heal." Setting the intention to heal means making the decision to get well--even if you don't know how your healing will occur.

Setting the intention to heal involves writing an "intention statement." This a mental blueprint of how your life would look and feel like if you were whole and well. The intention statement can be any length. The Important thing is to write your vision of wellness down and look at it every day, even if your healing seems like a distant reality. Focusing on your intention statement will attract the people, the circumstances, and the treatments that can lead you to your depression recovery.

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