Tell your recovery story

[Daria98765]

It does not have to be about medications or trips to psychologists.
Just tell us what was your problem and how you recovered.

I don't know the solution for problem I suffer from for couple of year,but maybe your stories will help, although maybe they won't.

 

[thejdrives]

i'm not fully recovered but i've started to find peace within myself after gaining independence and a long time in hospitals, a group home and lots of therapy (i got kicked out a lot). i'm still working on it though.

 

[Daria98765]

I know It is the worst place to ask for stories from recovered people,because most of the time they leave this forum as soon as they recovered but I don't know where to find them. Maybe will ask on ask Reddit. Feel free to suggest ideas where to find and ask recovered people about that

 

[cami]

the story isn't complete but i'll write it here. some parts might be off by a few years because im on so many meds that my memory is fucked but the gist should still be the same.
TW: self harm, child abuse and suicide attempts


i got born. yay. what a blessing.
i turned 7 and went online for the first time. i was the victim of graphic online sexual abuse that i have never been able to open up about.
when i was 9, i wrote my first suicide note.
when i was 11, i started seriously considering suicide.
when i turned 13 it started passively (e.g sitting on the edge of the roof, walking across the road without looking).
when i turned 14 i had my first attempt where i was hospitalized for the night. i started self-harming. i started therapy.
when i was 15 my first very serious attempt. i was in hospital for a week because my liver was failing. fortunately they saved it but i now deal with chronic pain along with other issues from this.
i was then in a psychiatric ward for a month and started my journey with medication.
that year i attempted suicide many many many times and was in and out of the hospital and psych ward. my self-harm also escalated to the point where i got stitches every single week.
the pattern continued until i was 17, and met my first love.
he was everything. 8 months into our relationship he was diagnosed with cancer.
he died shortly after and i dont want to go into more detail. the cancer did not kill him.
it was very very very traumatic and my life fell apart. i started doing the same things i had been doing before him.
this year, i have been sent to a long term facility for at least 6 months. im hoping i can find recovery this year, and i have to say i would consider myself recovering from anorexia and a crippling self-harm addiction as well as anxiety.
my main problem is BPD, which i dont know if ill be able to improve. but for the other conditions like depression i have hope.
its possible, i know people who really have recovered and it is the most beautiful thing.
we got this. we're not alone.
keep fighting :)

 

[LivingANDDying26]

My life is a long story so I'll just cut to the last few yrs.


After 22yrs of hella abuse, precarious housing, struggles even finding medical

I moved 4 times in 2020. In one of them I met a women going through abuse as well and she gave me a number for a worker part of an organization that was amazing. She helped me with each move. She was there through the struggles. She cared... The last time was a crappy residential treatment but not the worse jus very hard.

But through that I was able to make a housing application for subsidized housing to finally live independently including pictures of the physical abuse from my brother that yr... it's expedited my application. I got a response withIn a month to my bachelor apartment I am living in now. Back then this was my ideal city so.

I moved in March 2021 and the independence has really shifted my healing.

I have found self love, community care, passions, wellness etc etc. I've finally been able to treat my health issues. Finally able to be who I am.

Continuing to find more support. Build myself and a life worth living.

Writing this I realized that I would've never been able to grow to this level or do anything I've done recovery wise unless I moved. Im proud of myself for moving. Im proud of myself for escaping.


My recovery journey is not done. Im not sure where it'll go but I am trying my best.

 

[carac]

I'm still in recovery.
I live with chronic pain, a few months ago it became so debilitating that I spent most of may day alone in bed or laid out on the floor in distress. I then tried multiple times to cbt and ended up in a psych ward. I promised my family I would keep trying different things and luckily I got a lot of support.
Cut to about 2 weeks ago, I then stumbled on the work of Dr sarno, I am discovering that all my chronic pain of 20 years is related to anxiety. Since then I have improved greatly and I'm gradually getting my life back.

I still have pain and anxiety but I'm working on dealing with it, who knows what the future holds but today life is tolerable