Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

I forgot to ever reply to this, whoops. Better late than never?

What does recovery mean to you?
-Recovery means that my symptoms have diminished and that I have coping skills and/or medication in place to help me deal with flare-ups of my illnesses.

Do you think recovery is realistic for your condition(s)? Why or why not?
-I do not think it is realistic in the sense that most people mean it. I know that I will never be neurotypical or be able to act neurotypical and I don't care. If I can manage my symptoms so that I can get on with my life to any degree, then I'm happy with that.

If you’re in the recovery process, what are you actively working on and how is it going?
-I am actively working on PTSD recovery and my anxiety. I'm also working on my BPD symptoms, through the DBT skills I've learned. PTSD recovery is going terribly, as I'm having to do it all on my own at the moment, and I know that's not working. I just hope that it's keeping me from getting worse? Same with a lot of my anxiety. My eating disorder has flared up, too, and I've just totally given up on working on it right now, aside from trying to use harm reduction on my behaviors.

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."-Nietzsche