Bouncing back isn’t about being unbreakable. It’s about being repairable.

Toughness gets described as never cracking, which sets an impossible standard and makes every crack feel like a disqualification. What actually matters is whether you know how to put yourself back together: who to call, what helps, how long it usually takes. Breaking is not the failure mode. Having no repair process is.

Write down what has worked for you before, in plain terms, while you are doing all right. Sleep, a specific person, being outside, one thing that is yours. Keep the list somewhere you will find it on a bad week, because bad weeks are not good at remembering.