Enabling Fuzziness: Autopsy of the Impact of Enabling Situations on Mental ‘Illness’

People’s stories about recovery include interactions with professionals. What happened in these situations? Seven situations were analysed using an abductive approach. Enabling situations seem to be characterised by their fuzziness regarding the place they occur, the time spent, the role of doings and the reciprocal interaction between the participants, resulting in a loss of balance, challenging their sense of self, professional settings and knowledge. A dominant view is that mental illnesses are caused by deviations from the body’s normal functioning. Illnesses should be treated accordingly through biochemical interventions. Unexpected fuzzing situations are presented as central in a person’s recovery process.