Is there anyone on here who feel like they've fully recovered and how did you do it?

[YourLocalSadGirly]

I'm just looking for some hope that things will get better despite every person I ask saying it doesn't. Recovered from being suicidal, depressed, anxiety, addiction, ed, etc.

 

[Melly]

I'm not fully recovered, and I doubt you'll find them on this forum (especially on the suicide discussion section) because they don't have much in common with people here anymore and it's heart wrenching to make friends here and see them die. But my life went from unbearable to usually bearable.

The only thing that changed were my circumstances. Made irl and online friends and connections, got a hobby and passion project, got disability aid. I don't actively have a reason to die anymore and although I still feel suicidal (force of habit), I usually want to live. I recommend you find a community of people you care about and who care about you. If you're suicidal you realistically don't have much to lose, so you might as well start throwing shit at the wall and see what sticks.

 

[blackbeauty]

I remember when I was 16 I wrote a letter to myself noting down all the reasons why I felt suicidal and I ended the letter with if I still feel the same when I'm 21 maybe it's never going to get better and that I should end my life. When I read the letter on my 21st birthday, honestly, I didn't feel the same anymore and I didn't have the same suicidal impulse in me and I observed that it can get better.

Same as Melly's comment above, what changed for me was my circumstances which gave me a chance to put distance between me and the source of my pain, make new friends, and pursue hobbies. I'm not fully recovered too but everyday I choose to not end my life I am winning the battle.

Hope you take it one day at a time!

 

[LostLily]

I find my suicidalness ebb and flows. It always with me but at points in time it grows or decreases. I was mostly gone when I finally got stable employment , started speaking to a counsellor, and focus hanging out with friend or going to events.

But lately it it became overwhelming again after a bunch of things. Had a falling out with my counsellor, stressed at work , varies health problems and Trump getting ready re-elected.