Resource Recovery Success Stories

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Sometimes, people in recovery can find motivation in other recovery stories when they are struggling to keep momentum.

Below is a list of stories of recovery from different members in various situations.

Owing to their recovery, many of them have now moved on from the forum.

Depression

I used to lurk here as someone who wanted to end it. I now want to hold the torch for others in recovery. I got all of my mental illnesses cured!

My experience won't help everyone, but I know I can help at least one person. I used to be on here all the time. I wanted to end it. I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I was constantly suffering. It took me 7 years to finally end my depression permanently and for good, and I...

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https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/5-years-on-sasu-my-recovery-and-goodbye.229574/

Finally after 9 years of being suicidal I can proudly say I defeated that dragon

Hey I want to share some flicker of hope. Back when I was 20 the first girl I liked died from a medical condition and it was around that time when I became pretty bad suicidal and I was so for many years. I guess like 6/7 years later or so I finally overcome the grief and find a new girl who...

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Hey guys it has been a while. Just sharing my journey to recovery

If you guys do not know about me or my history, I suffered from severe depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts for approximately 8-9 years. During those 8 years, around the period between 2015/16 - 2024, life was torture. I felt sad, tired all the time, zero motivation for anything. My sleep...

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My recovery journey such far, and my departure from here for the foreseeable future.

Hi friends, As some of you may know, I am a long time lurker of this forum (dating back to the subreddit days) & only recently created my account due to a mental breakdown which caused me to do things I now regret. As a result of this breakdown, I forced myself into receiving therapy...

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Recovery update on my life

Hello everyone, it’s been a minute since I’ve posted here besides commenting. Since I’ve last posted, I’ve gotten fairly better I guess? My grades are good so far, I feel a sense of accomplishment upon my completion of a C++ program for class as of about 5 minutes ago (hate the language because...

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https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/tell-your-recovery-story.122937/ (the comment

Fully Committing to Recovery

While I still don’t have a perfect grip on my life, I think I have come to accept the fact that there comes a point where a recovery requires that one fully embraces the difficulty associated with it. I complain and vent a lot. As much as I accept that one does need time and space to drop the...

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Recovery is weird

I remember seeing this thread a couple months back when I was still depressed and telling myself all the things people say like what's the point of recovery, or even if I do recover my life will still be shit, and it makes logical sense to go so recovery would be delusion. Now looking back my...

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What is your recovery story?

I am wondering what peoples recovery stories are! What helped you? What did you wish you knew about recovery? Did you think you were ever going to recover? What made you make the change to seek help? You can obviously write whatever your heart desires I just put the questions there to help...

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“Recovery” from depression

I’ve been recovered from depression since 4 years. At least, my definition of recovered which is that I can at least feel happiness now. I did it on my own with no therapy or drugs (though that would have definitely helped). When I was depressed I always thought that when I recovered life would...

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My recovery, for now

I went to my friend's funeral last month. He CTB by gun and left behind two older children and a wife. He was distraught over the money and career. He went from big money to big debt. He couldn't deal with what his life became and I'm angry and sad. It brought me closer to what effect CTB...

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Recovery update: i'm working again!

Hey yall! just wanna post this quick update, got a job now!! Gonna be working at the grand ol' wally world (walmart) for my first ever full time position!!! I'm so excited!!! Im finally gonna be getting back on my feet :3

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https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/what-made-you-work-towards-your-recovery.120061/ (comment)

What is the consensus for going to the gym/working out to help recovery?

I have seen so many times that people will say "just go to gym." Supposedly, it will make you feel better because a healthier body is a healthier mind. Is this actually worth doing to help with recovery? Or is it just a crowd mentality/bandwagon thing? Has anybody tried it? I would love to hear...

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Full recovery on Cymbalta

So I'll keep it short: 3 Years ago I developed Major Depression and was hospitalized for suicide ideation Tried a lot of med: Elavil, Lexapro, Trazadone, Trintellix, Seroquel, Risperidone One time my mom went to a psychiatrist alone and I dont know what she told her, but she brought home...

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Eating disorder

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/making-a-recovery.126627/ (CPTSD, Depression, a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, and an Unspecified Eating Disorder

Recovery is hard. Trying again anyway.

Like the title says, recovery is hard... I want to recover, I want to live a "normal" life, I want to have the peace with life that other people seem to have. Nobody likes every aspect of life, but most humans can seem to make peace with the parts they hate, and move on. A lot of us here, I...

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starting my self-harm and eating disorder recovery again!

i was clean for about two months prior to this but i had a slip-up earlier this week. i had never been clean for that long before, so this time it will be much longer. i'm giving my knives and anything else i use to harm myself with to my s/o so he can hold onto them. :) wish me luck!!

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recovery after (partially) successful attempt

hey guys! so ive been away frm here 4 a while but i just wanted 2 make a post checking in. so ive been in da psych ward about 3 weeks now, but dese last 2 weeks i feel my life has finally turned around and i wanted 2 share:) so i suffer from anorexia and suicidal depression and anxiety, and a...

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Self-harm

1 year clean from SH!!

for past few months i've been planning how to relapse on the day when i'm 1 year clean (1 year was my initial goal) from cutting, and when the day has come i woke up and decided to never do it again:) it's been quite a journey, im glad it's over

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Self harm recovery journey

In two days I'll be a month clean. I don't know if I feel better or worse. The society I was brought up in made vaping seem evil and despicable, so in the past my teenage brain somehow decided that self harm was the more "honourable" and "acceptable" habit. Stuck with it through the years, never...

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Something That Helped Me (Self Harm Recovery)

Not sure how useful anyone else will find this but, hey just thought I'd throw it out there. Just in case. Something that has helped me a lot, when it comes to recovery from self harm is letting go of the idea that having a relapse means that all progress is lost. It's important not to fall...

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A toast to those in recovery! <3

I joined this forum not too long ago, however, I've spoken to some amazing people here. It's truly awesome speaking to people from all different avenues. This site has definitely lifted up my spirits in many ways. Although we all have different situations and lives it feels I really connect with...

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Considering moving to a new country in hopes of recovery.

I'll try to keep it short. I'm 31 and have been married for 1 year. We live in the US. Our anniversary is tomorrow. I've struggled with anxiety, self harm, and depression for as long as I can remember. When I'm motivated and medicated I can do okay. I have a bachelor's degree in high school math...

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starting my self-harm and eating disorder recovery again!

i was clean for about two months prior to this but i had a slip-up earlier this week. i had never been clean for that long before, so this time it will be much longer. i'm giving my knives and anything else i use to harm myself with to my s/o so he can hold onto them. :) wish me luck!!

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Road to Self-Care and Recovery Update

Hi everyone, I wrote around a month ago about how I’m trying to recover again one last time, as I’ve tried to for 13 years now. I wanted to make a small update now on the road ahead and what I’ve done since then. Sorry for long text, tried to keep it as short and coherent as possible. I broke...

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Chronic pain/disease:

What does recovery process look like?

what is done in recovery?

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https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/a-miracle-happened-and-i-am-considering-recovery-again.132480/https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/goodbye-ss-recovery.85593/

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/bpd-and-recovery.96123/ (comment)

i’m doing okay now, kinda (recovery story)

where to start… i’ve been off the sites for quite a long time now, but for some reason it popped up in my head, and there’s some stuff i regret posting here, mainly because it was a bad experiment and i don’t want to give other people ideas to try that cursed method. ok some backstory; i lost...

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SA

Sexual assault recovery

I don’t really know what to say here. I realized I was sexually assaulted a couple months ago. It wasn’t that bad I wasn’t raped and it wasn’t violent so I feel like I’m just making a big deal out of it. I just can’t stop thinking about it. I have a billion questions. Why me? How should I move on?

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