Have you ever tried to recover?

[everydayiloveyou]

to everyone on SS with a mental illness: have you ever tried to recover?

How do you define recovery? And if you tried it, did you see a professional such as a licensed counselor or psychiatrist at any point? Or was it more of a personal journey for you?

To me, recovery is making the conscious effort to live and lead a life that's fulfilling to you. It's been about 6 years for me and I've seen psychs in and out. I'm about to try meds soon, but otherwise I've tried almost everything except moving across the country and starting a new life, and doing drugs.

obviously if we're on SS we're suicidal and/or pro-choice. So do you guys feel that suicide can co-exist with your recovery? I'm pro-choice so I don't think it will ever fully escape my mind. But ideally, if I recover I wouldn't need to think about it so often.

 

[newave3]

No, for me suicide is absolutely inevitable.

 

[ClownMe]

Tried to recover several times, nothing has worked for me so i've given up and just accepted that things will never get better for me.

 

[Makko]

Recovery means that there is something you lost that you're trying to get back. I can't get back something I've never had.

 

[FuneralCry]

No, for me there is no such thing as recovery. I do not want to change and there is no way I can. I think my depression is perfectly rational in a life like mine. Taking my own life is the only thing that makes sense to me. I do not want to live until old age, the life expectancy is far too long.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Sometimes I'm tempted to abandon CTB- but how? Actually face issues and solve them? Why? I will be faced with poverty for the rest of my life… Why on earth would I want that?

 

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Recovery means that there is something you lost that you're trying to get back. I can't get back something I've never had.

I lost the love of my life and if I try any harder to 'recover' I am going to end up in prison for harassment or assault.