#recoveryblogs

[therehabofficial]

Mental health awareness plays a key role in fostering understanding and reducing stigma around mental health issues. Recovery blogs have become an important resource for individuals seeking information, support, and inspiration in their mental health journeys. These platforms serve as a bridge, connecting individuals with relatable stories and expert insights. Exploring recovery blogs can offer valuable guidance and a sense of community, promoting mental health awareness and understanding on a larger scale.

Learn more - https://www.zbusinessplans.com/the-role-of-recovery-blogs-in-mental-health-awareness/

[chubbymuffinclub]

realhappydaughter

Eating past fullness sometimes is a part of intuitive eating. 🍕💗

There IS a difference between enjoying and bingeing! 💕💕💕

Want to learn more about intuitive eating? Check out my blog post, Intuitive Eating Simplified! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://www.happydaughter.com/blog/intuitive-eating-simplified

Or check out a few of my favourite certified Intuitive Eating experts @thebodylovesociety@grow_withgabi@jennifer_rollin

You deserve to eat! You deserve to enjoy your food! You deserve to live a life without restriction!

[nototherwisespecified]

i'm going to keep doing annoying "i made a small lifestyle change that seemed like a futile waste of energy for 15 years & now i feel better" posts bc it is fucking wild to me that i can just go & do things & not feel like i need to kms about it & anticipate that doing such adjustments now will pay off later. (i believe in a later. i believe i will be alive for a later, & that it is worth having a later. do you understand how fucked-up that is)

[ecosyncrasy]

I've been watching a lot of longer form content today about studying in preparation for my university prep courses. I've attempted going for a degree many times over across a variety of different subjects and always ran out of steam halfway through the first year. I used to laugh off explaining this to people as me simply being a bad fit for academia and that I was content simply 'knowing a little about a lot'.

However, now in my thirties – making the choice to go back there was something in this video I was watching about study habits that made it click why this time is actually different. Why I feel so strongly that this time I have a chance.

I made so many excuses during my twenties about why I was simply okay with how things ended up because I had internalized that I was completely powerless to change things. I was disassociating so hard the fact that I found myself in a long term abusive relationship where I was isolated from all my family and irl friends. (and the ones I had online had NO idea what I was going through offline because subconsciously I was so embarrassed to even talk about it or admit I was struggling with anything). I had nothing but a job that I was killing myself to excel at because “lol gifted kid burnout is just like that”. There wasn't any possibility of me being on the spectrum or having ADHD because my parents said those are simply not real or excuses. After all, I was making honours lists and was getting 90s up until the family unit started to fall apart (Grade 11).

Yet even in the final months of high school – I had no idea what I wanted to do. I only knew that my parents expected me to go to university. In fact my whole life up to that moment the entire family was gearing up to brag about all the degrees I was just BOUND to get – while being entirely divorced from my academic life. (My father and extended family only cared about achievements. My mother was stressed from being in a shitty marriage and assumed I didn't need any help because my younger brother was struggling so much with even the academic basics.) That by the time I needed to apply I just picked my top subject (English Literature), and picked schools based on where my high school friends were going. Especially since my parents officially separated (messily) the summer before (Hi shitty summer of 2009) I was due to go to uni, in retrospect I was already in a tailspin. I was just clinging onto anything remotely familiar.

I wish so badly that I had someone then to shake me and tell me not to rush off into university on whims that were not my own.

Predictably. I spent the most of that year in a depressive state. I barely attended classes. Spent most of my time in bed. I crashed and burned horrifically, and ended up having my final conversation with my father around this time who's only support was calling me an 'idiot' when I told him I was depressed and considering dropping out.

My subsequent attempts at different things in an online university setting from 20-25 ... were not much better. I ran away from my family situation after the loss of my grandmother who had pretty much raised me when my parents were both consumed with work. Into the arms of a much older guy who definitely never deserved my time. Then all my attempts at school were in hindsight more running away but I was flailing. Picking anything that sounded interesting. Trying to discover who I was in an environment that was not suited to discover ANYTHING. Devouring and excelling in the first half of the classes but not having the confidence to even attempt any sort of exams or meaningful evaluation. Because god – having any sort of needs or support isn't how I get people to love me. If I couldn't do it 100000% by myself – it wasn't worth doing.

And in the end I wasn't chasing a passion. I didn't really see myself in any of those positions. I wasn't allowing myself to go after anything I really wanted because – that doesn't pay the bills. How could I let myself go into debt if I didn't stand a chance of making it back right out of school. I was still basing every choice I was making based on what others wanted out of me (prestige, money, etc).

I didn't, as this video so aptly put – I didn't have the end goal in mind. I was only thinking of the next day – maybe the next month.

I'm in a much better place now. A better relationship that has allowed me space and room to grow. To challenge my old ways of thinking. I'm in a place and have a good relationship with my mother that I am starting (still struggling) to work on being myself. Getting in touch with the things I love. I stumbled into a job (working at a commercial pet store of all things) that rekindled a passion from childhood that's given me a drive I haven't had before.

All these things, coupled with the fact that I've been watching my life pass by in the most unfulfilling way has unlocked memories of begging to go on walks down forest trails. Crying over and hugging trees as a kindergartner that were marked to be cut down to make room for parking. Mourning the loss of a property out in the wilderness for one closer to the city. Leading a gaggle of first graders to make pseudo-science observations of local birds during recess. Devouring hours and hours of nature documentaries wanting to be the ones doing that for a job (but thought I wasn't smart enough or that it was somehow beyond my reach). Craving nature based spirituality. A life long passion for animal welfare, rescue and rights that I buried in a professional sense after I found out that veterinary medicine would have killed me.

Something has clicked this time and it has filled me with such a thirst for success that hasn't existed for me before.

For me the answer is now clear. It's always been Biology. Ecology. Conservation. Fighting for the rights of people and the planet. Every career quiz I've ever taken has told me I craved a calling that would serve a higher purpose. That could help people and be a force of change in the world. More and more as I look down the gun of what is going to be a great challenge, more things unlock in my mind telling me that I am suited for this. This is my purpose – and it feels right. It just took me three decades to understand and feel confident about that understanding.

Even now, I can't remember the last time I've sat down and reflected about any of this. It's the first time I've felt compelled to write about my experiences in a raw and unflinching way. I think that says something.

For the first time I crave the struggle to make my life better. And now pathways are opening up as I discover myself and I'm so excited for the future.

[lordelmelloi2]

Internalized fatphobia etc. Weight loss talk tw. But for me its like. I don't necessarily Hate being fat. It just is what it is. I'm plenty attractive thick or not. But.

I want to be physically active again because I want to feel the wind on my body and the joy of playing fun team sports and playing games with people again. I want to do dance again and feel the thrill of my body moving and expressing itself to the beat of a song and the melody of it. I want to be more powerful physically and be less weak. And that'll help my health as well... Because I get sick a lot and I struggle and I'm Literally Getting Physically Weaker!!!! And that's Bothering Me!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO LIFT WEIGHTS SO I CAN LIFT WAVER UP!!!!!!

[straightoutofaddiction]

The Tree of Life

The trees covered in mushy green moss and vibrant leaves. The trees look old, worn. But not worn out. They are growing. Showing signs of life. Even while dropping leaves, letting go. Still moving on, onto the next season. The leaves are hitting rock bottom, they may crumble and harden. Yet new leaves are reborn. The tree of life, this is my life. I am moving on, I am growing, I am changing, I am reborn. I can let go of my defects. One by one, just like the leaves. I will grow my roots, I will stick to these roots and rise up from the earth. I will stand my ground.

[bioshockpanda]

I am ✨️ struggling ✨️

[dexs-tavern]

i don’t know who needs to hear this, but self-flagellation will not give you the discipline you seek. all it will do is make you miserable and afraid of your desire to improve. building self-discipline most easily begins when you decide to ignore the churn of guilt as the self-indulgence it is and nurture a practice of self-respect (or at least self-neutrality). this will help you see past the seductive fits and starts offered by “course-correcting” through beating yourself up whenever you feel you deserve it. truly changing course is time-intensive and delicate. it requires gentleness and persistence, but is absolutely necessary in order to end the cycle.

[stochastique-blog]

Usefull Stuff

My new blog post is published. Hit the link in Bio. 👩‍🍳🍎

Eating Disorders-Trigger warning before reading on ❤️

“If you are not recovering, you are dying”🌸

Honestly why does anyone have to say anything at all? — I have been at the supermarket- straight from taking a body pump class. Feeling confident and happy and pleased with the way my body feels, a rarity, only to have that warmth ripped from under me by a simple unneeded conversation about something that shouldn’t matter to you. My weight and how I look🤷‍♀️ I could recount countless ways that “innocent” comments have sent me spiralling dizzily back to the precipice. How those comments don’t just affect my weight but my fuckin mind. They come equally from both men and women. Family and friends. It is not a gender specific issue. People just love to comment on how you look without understanding, that what we wear, or look like has no correlation to how you feel. Not for the Anorexic. I’m not sure about all you “normal’ folk? You will have to enlighten me💫 — Keep reading this blog by hitting the link..I hope this gives just one person the hope that they need today 🌸❤️🍎 — #eatingdisorderrecovery #recoveryispossible #anorexianervosarecovery #recoveryblog #kichenlassie #acceptyourself #askforhelp #talkaboutit #honestwords #writingforrecovery

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4tAxnYgza8/?igshid=14rt7e5d13bow

[whathappensintherapy-official]

Intro

This will mainly be for recoveryblogging.

I say rude, un-PC and indelicate things. If you are a prissy person about language, sex and violence, you shouldn’t read this. I am not a doctor, why should my uninformed opinion matter to you? You know what you know about yourself and I don’t have to agree with you for it to count.

I survived severe middle school bullying, physical abuse in a home with DV, sexual and physical abuse in the Troubled Teen Industry, and verbal-sexual abuse plus neglect from an occupational therapist and child psychotherapist after I came home. I need serious help that so far I haven’t gotten.

I was diagnosed with DID by Cristina Mardirossian in September of 2023. I’ve had headmates or alters, whatever, for as long as I can remember. Cristina insisted that it must have been caused by SRA/RAMCOA because I had violent sexual fetishes from a very young age and I am obsessed with blood and bloodletting.

She thinks I’m in denial about being RA’d. I don’t know what I think but I don’t remember anything like that happening to me.

I’m quoigenic, i.e uncertain if endo or trauma genic.

I’m seeing a different therapist, pure talk therapy, no grounding, no somatic interventions, for trauma that actually happened. I’m not telling the new therapist I have DID. Not unless she earns my trust.

UPDATE: New therapist told me therapy was not going to help with my PTSD. Instead, I’ve taken up singing lessons again…and moved on to yet another therapist for things other than PTSD. I will not be disclosing DID to her either.

I know the Official Literature says pure talk therapy would never work, and that only someone experienced in treating DID can help me. It’s supposed to be dangerous to discuss traumatic memories without grounding and establishing “safety.”

We’ll see. If I go psycho from discussing the realities of my own life, you’ll find out.

UPDATE: I didn’t go psycho. Therapy just wasn’t the right solution for my trauma at this point. Great news though—singing isn’t a trigger anymore if I practice every day!

UPDATE 5/2024: I have found another talk therapist and made great strides in PTSD recovery. She does not know I have DID. Two unwanted alters are either gone or shut down. She does not insist on grounding techniques. She has told me that grounding techniques do not work for everyone and I don’t have to do them. Given that I am making a huge amount of PTSD recovery progress without specifically treating or even disclosing the DID: You do NOT have to treat DID before treating PTSD. You can recover from PTSD without even TOUCHING the DID. Anyone who says PTSD cannot be treated without first treating the DID symptoms is FULL OF SHIT.

HANDY LINKS

About the alters: https://www.tumblr.com/whathappensintherapy-official/736286673824006144/about-us?source=share

[bestdualdiagnosisrehabinca]

“You’re Not Failing — You’re Fighting Battles No One Can See” by @stillstandingsoftly

Let’s be real for a second. If you’ve ever thought: “Why can’t I just be normal?” “Why do I keep messing everything up?” “Why do I feel so empty even when things are ‘fine’?” That’s not failure. That’s pain talking. That’s survival talking. You’ve been carrying way too much for way too long — with no one truly listening. At Ona Treatment Center, they don’t just listen. They see you. All of you. And they help you heal, without making you feel like a project or a problem. 🧠 What You’re Feeling Has a Name — and a Treatment Plan You’re not weak. You’re not crazy. You’re not beyond saving. You may be experiencing what’s called a dual diagnosis — when substance use and mental health struggles overlap. It’s more common than you think. And it’s not your fault. Most people use because they’re trying to escape something they can’t talk about. Or because anxiety, trauma, or depression feels too heavy to carry sober. Ona treats both — because healing only works when everything is treated. 🌲 Healing Happens in Nature, Not Just Offices Now picture this: You’re not stuck in a loud hospital or a sterile building. You’re waking up to sunlight streaming through trees. You walk out and breathe in crisp, clean air. You’re not on edge. For the first time in a long time, your body feels calm. That’s Ona. Located on 250 acres in Northern California, Ona isn’t just a rehab center. It’s a healing space — calm, quiet, and carefully built to help you feel safe again. You’re not crammed into a crowded space. You’re given room to exhale. 💬 “They didn’t ask me to be perfect — they just asked me to be honest.” That’s what one client said. Others talk about: Finally feeling heard Being met with compassion, not criticism Having therapy that actually connected with them Feeling like they had permission to feel — even the hard stuff At Ona, you don’t have to earn care. You show up exactly as you are — and that’s enough. ✨ Therapy That Goes Deeper What happens at Ona isn’t surface-level. You’ll work with therapists trained in: CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) – to untangle thought loops DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) – to manage intense emotions Group therapy – to feel less alone Mindfulness and body-based healing – because trauma doesn’t just live in the brain Art, yoga, and expressive therapies – for the things you can’t always put into words And all of it happens with trauma-informed care. No pushing. No forcing. Just support, stability, and choice. 🧳 When You Leave, You’re Not Alone So many people are scared to get help because they’ve been through “treatment” before — and left feeling more lost. At Ona, the goal isn’t to just get you through the program. It’s to prepare you for life after it. You’ll leave with: A relapse prevention plan Continued therapy options near you Alumni support and check-ins Real-world coping skills Because recovery isn’t a switch. It’s a journey. And you won’t be walking it alone. 🫶 Who Is Ona For? It’s for people who are tired of pretending. People who: Have been numbing pain for years Have panic attacks and don’t tell anyone Function during the day and fall apart at night Are scared to ask for help because “what if it doesn’t work?” It’s for people like you. Ona is the kind of place where you don’t have to wear a mask. You just get to be a person — grieving, healing, growing. And that’s more than enough. 📞 You’re Allowed to Ask for Help You don’t need to hit rock bottom. You don’t need a perfect reason. You just need one tiny moment of courage — enough to call, or even just read this and think about it. 📞 (530) 869-6163 🌐 onatreatmentcenter.com They’re not here to fix you. They’re here to walk beside you while you rebuild. Reblog this for someone quietly hurting. Or save it for future-you. Even if you’re not ready now… healing will wait for you. #OnaTreatmentCenter #recoveryblog #dualdiagnosis #ptsdrecovery #mentalhealthawareness #healingispossible #recoveryisreal #softhealing #addictiontreatment #traumahealing

[nototherwisespecified]

novelty: bad moods i don't need to kill myself about

[straightoutofaddiction]

Addiction

Hello addiction, is that you? its been 1 year since I've picked up your call. Why haven't I answered your craving calls? Well addiction, I thought you cared about me, I thought I could depend on you, I was wrong. You tricked me. I lost myself in you. Whispering sweet lies into my ears. "You need me". With you in my life I am nothing. Everytime I answer your call, you take something important from me. I lose brain cells and my heart continues to be broken. You make me hurt my family, you steal my life away. I'm taking back what is rightfully mine. We have to stop meeting this way, its toxic. I cant do this with you anymore. Do you see what you cause? I've lost friends to you, ill never get them back. R.I.P. I will spend the rest of my life leaving you behind. I will spend the rest of my life a better person. "I cant hang up because I'm hung up on you" BEEP BEEP your call cannot be completed please hang up and never pick up drugs again.

[therehabofficial]

One of the most frightening words you may have read about or heard about in different recovery blogs will be the relapse term. It is one word that scares the hell out of the individuals and families whose members are on the recovery path from drug abuse. But we need to understand that such relapses are a part of the recovery journey, and you only learn when you experience the fall and then move forward. Learn More - https://www.deadinfection.info/best-relapse-prevention-techniques-to-help-you-achieve-your-recovery-goals/

[lordelmelloi2]

I have been trying to improve greatly the way I am and the kind of person I am (even while working retail and getting stuck cashiering all the time LOL), I've been genuinely trying to be a kinder nicer person to people especially the people I care immensely about, I realize I can't do that for everybody and that there are going to be times that I'm also at my limit but I've also especially in the past few years really tried working on apologizing and rectifying my wrongs and making points of not repeating behavior that has not lead to good outcomes, and finding other options when I do see cycles continue... and putting my health first when I need to respectfully as well. Like I've worked on my boundaries quite a lot in the past year because I've also had IRL friends to talk to to like work on stuff with and I feel like... a more whole and a greater person for being able to talk openly and honestly with some people and not get PUNISHED for it but also to be able to heal relationships I've had with some people and after all of that I feel a lot lighter about things. I mean don't get me wrong some days I'm at my total limit and want to die still but it's more like a "I work all the time" kind of thing most of the time now rather than a "My life is intrinsically less valuable/I am worthless" kind of thing? Although in my head I'm still like Rose is worthless. I don't carry myself like that anymore.

Which I think is a pretty big difference. That's the thing -- even if you feel you're worthless, you just can't... be carrying yourself like that. You have to grow up, you have to be mature, you have to act like an adult. You can't like let that inform your Every Single Decision or else you're not really Living. That's kind of how I learned it ironically from the way Waver is, is just that like... Truly thinking that you're worthless and useless and bad etc. is one thing but Acting upon those thoughts and behaving as if that's true is another. Waver certainly embodies, in my opinion, the way that it is to be an adult and to have responsibilities but still have low self esteem due to *gestures vaguely* Everything; the responsibilities come first, because he's a grown ass man and an adult and has to take care of people. He still thinks poorly of himself but he doesn't ACT like he does in the ways that matter. He's very genuine of a person, he cares about people, he makes sure to help people where he can. He does his best and it really shows. I wanted to become a person like that, I wanted to be firm and fair with people and yet still believe in good faith towards others, and not be so cruel to people, I wanted to be able to balance the stress of life and the pain I felt with what it meant to operate in real life and be a functioning human being. Or something. Am I closer to that? I hope I am.

[treion-is-back]

@whatthehelltony @kinning-ballister-boldheart @elder-sister @chaosgremlinlivinginyourwalls @barbthebuilder (I know you’re the one who tagged me but I wanted to you to feel included in the mutual list, also thank you for tagging me!) @zeros-dumpsterfire @gwydion-aacblog @recoveryblog @kazzys-blog @zebulontheplanet @mags-is-in-wonderland @contiousmissunderstanding @sageisdoingthings @i-am-a-fish

And anyone I’m missing or wants to feel included:

Do you want to sit with me?

(This is either accurate, could be, or I want it to be)

come do the "would you sit next to me" picrews i found on twitter (and tumblr) with me!!

https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/1873485

https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/230275

(no pressure) tagging: @kazemiya @ainescribe @thalaglia @dustofthedailylife @venusflwers @kaeffeinee @soleillunne @manager-of-the-pudding-bank @catcze @euniveve @snobwaffles @haliyamori @jingyuansbird @faesther @oveloof @heiayen @akiayama @https-furina @achy-boo @zhongrin @twanette @vennnnn-diagram @mhiieee @realkavehgf @yinyinggie ++ everyone else who wants to do it!! if you see this you're automatically tagged. no pressure though hehe