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post May 6 2009, 06:22 AM
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MCUK,


               welcomeani.gif  Recovery is different for all of us.  With depression is kind of hard at times to stay focused on goals, as the lack of motivations can be so powerful.  How do you deal with this?



Hallo,

I have just joined this forum. I wouldn't have thought that 'recovery is different for all of us'. To me 'recovery' is feeling good when you used to feel bad. It (recovery) happened to me once (for two years). I spent about ten years feeling like nothing on earth. Everything was too much effort. In a way it was like I ached all over, a kind of spiritual ache - I think that would be a good way to describe it. Then I began to feel better. For two years life was interesting, exciting, fun. That was recovery. But there was no doubt about it. No mystery at all. At least that's the way I experienced it.

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Hi and Welcome Dearme

I am so glad that you have experienced recovery. It gives others hope that it can be achieved and yes, I think recovery is different for everyone.

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post May 31 2009, 07:59 AM
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Hi,
Recovery to me is WANTING to live, to take care of yourself (physically & mentally) and to enjoy life...been there once for 2 years...

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recovery for me took a LOT of work through therapy, lifestyle change and most importantly diet change.

before i was depressed for years, slowly got more anxious until i had a full breakdown where i spent several months feeling anxious and panicked all of the time, it was terrible.

recovery means that i have a normal life again :) i'm no longer depressed, i have real feelings, i don't worry irrationally anymore, i feel good about myself, i can relax, i don't have the panic or anxiety anymore so no more heart palpitations, shaking, unable to breathe properly etc. my creativity is back, i feel like i've blossomed and bloomed and grown so much because of all the hard work i put in.

my life is 100 times better than it ever was :) it's amazing, i didn't ever think i could reach this place, i thought my life was over.

i'll happily share the things that helped me recover if anyone would like to hear, just send me a PM :)
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I normally define recovery from mental illness as being able to engage in what would have usually been something relating to the illness, but not wanting/having to continue it.

For example, I consider myself recovered from anorexia because I can have the thought "I don't deserve to eat" but I don't believe it. I can also not eat enough, for whatever reason, but I have no want to continue not eating enough. The want and desire is no longer there.

I also consider my in recovery from PTSD as I can now remember what happened and the memories are no longer triggering, they are simple bad memories. I am no longer scared of things that once would trigger a panic attack. I am now working on getting getting rid of the negative thoughts. When I am able to think the negative thoughts without believing them, I will probably consider myself recovered from PTSD.

I don't know if the above makes any sense but that's how I define recovery for myself.


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Wow some great things here. One day at a time. I'm learning to accept I can't do everything.
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