Recognising and accepting that it's there is mission-critical Swigs, I agree. Denying or ignoring a situation is never going to make it go away I guess. IT's like @beautifulwreck said in this post one must embrace chaos rather than shun it. The post explains it better.

I've always had the ability to lift myself. I think part of it is a characteristic and part acquired. I have been through many things and never broke and in dealing with each one I learned more which, of course, helped me deal with the next. I am a strong person, but also weak, or maybe vulnerable is a better word. Few will ever see that part of me of course. I'm feeling better although have a feeling that 2022 is going to be a rather difficult one...Yeah, another difficult one.

Waving back to you from the future! Lol.