Helen, I believe you are right about the spiral versus the straight line.
And the spiral twists and turns, and it can be disorienting at times.
And the direction is not always up --
sometimes one has to go down before one can go up again.

Am getting my calm back after a month or so of hectic activity,
and catching up on sleep -- always important.

More power to the people who are actually helped by the mushrooms,
but for some of us, our recovery must be with prescription meds.