i think that you can be recovered. just like an alcoholic can be recovered. but i don't think that the propensity for self harming goes away totally.
however, personally, i don't find it helpful to focus on whether or not it is possible to be entirely better. i don't need a promise of entirely better. because my life is better when i'm not harming than when i am. it isn't going to be perfect, ever. so i'm just aiming for the best that i can get... which for me, means not harming. and fighting each urge as it comes, regardless of whether or not it will be the last urge
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