Discussion Does recovery appeal to you?

[TAW122]

Some people can never be steered toward normalcy. I just can't be made to feel that things will somehow turn acceptable.

This. This summarizes what is wrong with mental health professionals, motivational speakers, optimistic idealists, and most other people in society because they fail to accept this premise to be true. Instead, they shun anyone who even believes that, calls them negative pessimists, and what not. Fuck society and their brainwashed delusional idealistic views.

I would personally rather have a negative, realistic pessimist rather than some positive, idealistic optimist in my life.

 

[Kyrok]

Sometimes I imagine retirement as my reprieve. I can leave the U.S., find a small town in the Canadian Rockies, be anonymous, join a local chess club, poker club, etc and rest. That is "recovery" for me. If I can only survive until then, and let old age help me forget what I've been through.

 

[GhostedToast]

It somewhat appeals to me but realizing i may not have my closest friend next to me or be able to do a career that interests me or keeps me satisfied is what makes me want to go. i dont want a job just to be able to maintain i want a career where i feel like i matter or do something that i love. With events that have happened to me as well as with what I have it would be difficult for me to be able to do so.

 

[Made4TV]

Yes. Just can't afford it.

 

[TheCrow]

Nope, no recovery for me. I want my Morphine Milkshake ASAP.

YES, yes, and yes!!!

 

[SmiteMe]

im not feeling "better" would feel right for me

 

[dyingtodie]

@Kyrok I hear you on the Chess Club! chessclub.com has been getting me through my days, but also helped spiral me into a terrible depression as I became re-addicted to the game. I was only planning to re engage with chess once well into my old days, when everything else was gone, I was quite surprised that this phase of obsession came so early, at 31. There's free sites too like Lichess.

@GhostedToast - you've the best name. Though, I feel kind of lonely imagining myself a forgotten toast who's eater went about their day forgoing bread.

 

[GhostedToast]

@GhostedToast - you've the best name. Though, I feel kind of lonely imagining myself a forgotten toast who's eater went about their day forgoing bread.

Thanks i chose the name because it was the first one that came to mind that made me laugh a bit that was different than what i normally use online so i cant be traced back to this site so none of my friends ask me about it.

 

[Nanako]

There is treatment for my disorder. It's not perfect of course, but with hard work and the patience of a loving family you could manage to live a fairly good life. Unfortunately, for a physical condition I have - which completely caught me off guard once it manifested itself recently - there isn't; and since it destroyed a fundamental part of what allowed me to do what I'm passionate about, I no longer have the drive to fight my disorder... There's just no point anymore.

 

[Tragoedia Vitae]

I honestly don't think recovery is possible in my case. I don't believe there is any cure or treatment available for existential depression, much less anxiety and repetitive, intrusive thoughts. At best it can be managed, but it's just delaying the inevitable. It doesn't really address the root of the problem, which is existence itself. In my case, recovery would only be possible if I ceased thinking and feeling entirely. That doesn't leave me with many options.