You Deserve to be Saved

Meds are not a sign of weakness.

yikes i’ve been reading up on the anti-recovery tag (saw a post abt it & got curious) and apparently a lot of people see recovery as their mental illness being “removed” & that’s why they’re against it, like they’ve found an identity within their illness or they say mental illness isn’t inherently bad (which is true,) but like i don’t think anyone who actually knows what recovery is like or any mental health professional would agree with the mentality that by recovering or by being in recovery, someone is actively ‘curing’ or ‘removing’ their mental illness, and i think that thought process in and of itself is pretty harmful

I know people on this site are often accused of being anti-recovery, but sometimes people are just tired. I've been trying to recover for almost a decade and my mental health is getting worse, to expect people to constantly fight is unrealistic.  And to see other people with mental illnesses push this narrative that mentally ill people just don’t want to get better is kinda depressing. 

even when my mental health is in the actual trash im gonna keep romanticising the shit out of recovery. i wanna fucking get better !! and its a good concept, a good thing to keep working at ! and even if its just hard some days i want to encourage it just as a norm, the new good trend !! i hope everyone gets better, feels better, takes care of themselves and each other,,, and thats the soup of the day 

When self care becomes hard, that is when it can be most important! I know it can be brutal, but please try your best to power through and do those things your body needs. Make sure to drink enough water, get some food, and take a nice shower if you need it.