Help How the hell do you recovery from this?

[Jacquelyn]

What is recovery, really? It seems like it's training your brain to regularly think a certain way. I think that alone is very strange. I don't see how anyone can recover from this hellhole without basically brainwashing themselves to believe anything that keeps them alive. Are there some success stories somewhere I can check out that might give me a shred of hope? I don't want this anymore.

 

[Brink]

'Recovery' for me is a broad term that reflects the attempt (and often struggle) of people leaving a negative state or place and entering a more positive one. It can have mental, physical, social and/or spiritual elements.

There are many established schools of thought with their own take on what it means to heal and how to do it. Many people benefit from the more mainstream ideas of being in recovery, some are unaffected by it and others have bad experiences. Some groups highlight problems with the dominant discourses of mental ill-health and healing, likewise members' have done here and here.

One of the good things about the internet is that we have the opportunity to search for ourselves about mental ill health, social issues and recovery, and how they relate to each other.

Recovery is yours. I think we should all dedicate ourselves to 'recovering' if there's hope and we haven't tried it yet — best of luck to you.

 

[timf]

Recovery might be seen as a decrease in that which hurts and an increase in that which satisfies. Hope might be drawn from the possibility that one can move from the negative to the positive. Often this is derived experimentally such that small steps are discovered that decrease pain and increase happiness.

 

[Deleted member 18655]

THIS is the question! I've recovered from a few things, like PTSD and eating disorders (both have returned during this COVID malarkey. But, since I was about 10, ctb has been on my mind, coming and going, but always in the back of my mind as an option. That's almost 40 years?! I have trouble believing that things will ever change and/or I will recover from wanting this.

 

[sufferingalways]

'Recovery' for me is a broad term that reflects the attempt (and often struggle) of people leaving a negative state or place and entering a more positive one. It can have mental, physical, social and/or spiritual elements.

There are many established schools of thought with their own take on what it means to heal and how to do it. Many people benefit from the more mainstream ideas of being in recovery, some are unaffected by it and others have bad experiences.
Some groups highlight problems with the dominant discourses of mental ill-health and healing, likewise members' have done here and here.

One of the good things about the internet is that we have the opportunity to search for ourselves about mental ill health, social issues and recovery, and how they relate to each other.

Recovery is yours. I think we should all dedicate ourselves to 'recovering' if there's hope and we haven't tried it yet — best of luck to you.

Recovery in the bin is a good, informative site. Thank you for sharing the link