You lost more than physical ability. You lost the thing that made you feel like you. ILTY helps you process what an injury really takes from you.
You didn't just hurt your knee or your back or your shoulder. You lost access to the thing that keeps you sane. The morning run that clears your head. The gym session that burns off the anxiety. The sport that gives you purpose, community, and identity.
People say "you'll be back in no time" or "at least it's not worse." They mean well. But they don't understand that the injury isn't just physical. It's an identity crisis. Who are you if you can't train? What do you do with the restlessness? How do you cope without your coping mechanism?
The frustration builds. You watch others do the thing you can't. You feel your fitness slipping. The rehab is tedious and slow. And underneath all of it, there's a fear nobody talks about—what if I never get back to where I was?
ILTY won't fix your body. But it can help you process the grief, the frustration, and the identity questions that come with being sidelined. Because the mental recovery matters as much as the physical.
Losing physical ability—even temporarily—is a real loss. Let yourself grieve it instead of pushing through with toxic positivity.
You are not just a runner, a lifter, an athlete. But untangling your identity from your activity takes conscious work. ILTY helps you explore who you are beyond the thing you can't do right now.
Your body is used to moving. Now it can't. The trapped energy turns into irritability, anxiety, and frustration. Talk through what to do with it.
Progress is measured in millimeters. The exercises feel pointless. You want to skip ahead. Process the impatience so it doesn't sabotage your recovery.
Watching teammates or training partners continue without you is its own kind of pain. Process the jealousy and FOMO honestly.
We want to be clear about our limitations:
Very normal. Research shows athletes and active people experience grief, anxiety, and depression after injuries at high rates. You've lost a coping mechanism, a community, and part of your identity—all at once. Those feelings are proportional to the loss, even if the injury itself seems 'minor.'
Suffering isn't a competition. Your loss is real and your feelings are valid regardless of what others are going through. Minimizing your own pain doesn't help anyone—it just prevents you from processing it.
This is one of the cruelest parts of injury—losing the very thing that helps you manage stress. ILTY can help you identify alternative outlets, but also help you sit with the discomfort rather than just replacing one activity with another. Processing emotions directly, rather than through physical exertion, is a skill worth developing.
ILTY is free during beta. Start a conversation and see if it helps with what you're going through.