Does anyone feel this way?

[Ballerina123]

Do you ever feel you will never be free of mental illness and you will always be struggling?
I feel a bit pathetic and hopeless about ever being well.
I just wanna discharge myself from services and be left to die.

sorry unsure if this should be here or in serious.

[Dying_Angel]

I don't have many words. Want you to know your not alone. I feel exactly the same as you

[Patent Pending]

Definitely not alone ♡ things WILL get better though. Keep fighting.

x x x

[OrchestraSystem]

I know this is a thought many of us have.. It's unlikely we'll ever be rid of DID (and honestly us alters aren't planning to leave) but it's the rest of the problems we have are constantly worried about and few of us have the belief things will get better.

I hope we're all wrong and one day everyone on this site can feel some peace away from the struggles. Good luck to you all.

Nik.

[Snow White.]

Yeah but most of the time I think I can manage it and achieve great things. People can do wonderful things even when they have mental illness. Keeping up your services will give you a best chance at that. I know it's hard though but please don't give up.

[Steel Maiden]

I feel like I'll never be able to manage my autism, and that my OCD won't get better either. I am sick of my challenging behaviour and I feel like I'm p*ssing people off by not being helped by their strategies.

However my support worker said she believes that things will improve for me, but it will take a long time and a lot of work.

[ashasphodel]

i feel like this all the time. if you ever wanna talk, feel free to pm me. just know you're not alone. xoxoxo

[Ballerina123]

Glad im im not alone but also sad im not alone.
I'm very close to giving up fighting this illness.

[Cryptic.]

I've been told my illnesses both physical and mental/emotional are chronic and life long, so yeah, I can relate big time.

You're not alone. Don't give up.

A quality of life can still be found, and it may take time, but it can be achieved, try not to look at it as "I need to be illness-free", because for some, that's not possible, think of it as "I need to achieve a better quality of life" - much less pressure and anxiety and fears and hopelessness.

xx

[Aubergine]

I'd echo Dash. It's only once I'd accepted that I had a MH condition that placed certain limitations on what I'm able to do, that I started to heal and make a life for myself. I don't wallow, far from it, but I am aware that I cannot do things in the way that a lot of the population can, and have to adjust accordingly. It means I can be happy most of the time. :)

[Ballerina123]

Thanks guys. That's helped.

[ashasphodel]

glad to hear it!! xoxo

[tiptoes]

I feel like I will never be free, although my management of my mental health is much better than it was. I might not end up ever being free of this but I think longer term I can certainly reduce the amount it impacts on me.

[Uglyducklin]

I feel the same I am an utter waste of resources and I know I'm on my last chance. I'm never I'll enough or well enough. I hope you are ok x

[random.swirls]

I agree that changing how I saw recovery changed my view on life.

I still struggle and probably always will at times but things are so much better than they were a few years ago.

[Arienette]

I used to feel like this a lot and it fed into my depression. Since going to college I have learnt to accept that, yes I have mental health problems, and yes they affect me so how I'm going to manage that within my life is to work WITH my illness to achieve the best I can considering circumstance.

I doubt I'll ever be mh problem free judging by my history and past but by changing my goal to work with what I have instead of fighting, ignoring or denying it I am making much more progress. Whereas when I try to fight it out of my life completely, ignore it, pretend it's not happening or being unrealistic about my capabilities then I just fuel a downward spiral.

Yes'm without my issues I could achieve and do a lot more, but my life isn't like that. I have to accept that and instead make the decision to yes, do stuff with my life, and manage what I can.

That's all I can expect of myself and for me that is a state of significant recovery.

[MissWay]

I feel like that all the time. I just feel like it will always be there, and I cannot escape it.