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From my own personal experience & observations all the years I have been in treatment(since 1994) I will say it totally depends on the illness.
Mine cropped up in my 40's & it was totally situational along with having never learned good tools to use to care for myself during those situations that happened. They say if you leave a situation & the problem follows at the same extent as before then it is usually something within yourself that needs to be dealt with or is actually a chemical thing going on in the brain that can be managed but not really cured (as in gone forever)
For me, I left, moved 2100 miles away. Things in me immediately started to change. I still needed therapy to help me process what I was learning about my past, myself & my current situation & learn better skills to handle situations like I had been in & then integrate it into my life now. At this point, I no longer struggle like I did & even the PTSD that hit me a couple of years before I left has been processed & no longer bothers me either.
It has been an awesome learning & growing experience starting at the age of 54 (now 67). The psych professionals had no idea what was going on with me while I was living in the situation I couldn't get out of at the time & I had no clue to help them discover how to help me. It was kinda a catch 22 during that time. I had to get away from the situation to view it clearly & the escape was wonderful & freeing from everything (depression, anxiety, anorexia & PTSD)
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Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this.
Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018
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