This is not an exhaustive list of hard things to accept about a mental breakdown, there are too many to list.  There is one thing I'm finding very hard to accept. The truth that at the moment my ability to work is very much limited.

.For at least five years I have totally agreed with a quote from the Dalai Lama. A man that has inspired me and still continues to inspire me. I am in love with him, not in a romantic way. More do in a way that I'm in love with him because he gives me hope and he is just very beautiful as a person. I've added a picture of the quote.  

I miss working so much as I love my job and financially I need to make money. I've been feeling very stressed about it. Then, I remember this quote. It makes me think. Fact: I am very unwell due to my very serious breakdown. Fact: Money is not worth further endangering myself at this point when it need rest and recovery. Fact: Stay in the present and try not to feel anxious about the future that isn't even here and hasn't happened. Of course it takes a bit of changing how the mind has been but it helps to know this quote and remember when I start to feel stressed, anxious and panicked again.