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Originally Posted by here today
Thanks, precaryous. I guess I asked as much for myself as to suggest a question that might be interesting for you, too.
I don't know what "recovery" would look like for me, either. I thought that recovery from my pre-existing mental illness would be for me to feel like a normal person, unique and different like everybody else but not weird or depressed or unable to function and be a part of the world.
Recovery from being misled and exploited and ultimately rejected by therapists, though? The "cure" for that being cynicism and hostility towards therapists so that I won't be exploited again? This doesn't feel "recovered" to me. But I don't know what would either.
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I’ve learned to question everything and to speak up more for myself...and not to let anyone have agency over me with regard to boundaries and privacy. I think that’s healthier than my just giving my trust entirely away.
I’ve learned trust is earned. I shouldn’t give trust away just because they are doctors or most anyone in authority.
Isn’t that the purpose of pain, so we pay attention and realize, ‘Let’s not let *that* happen again?’