Why does my therapist keep referring to "Recovery"?!
Question: My therapist keeps saying things like, "In Recovery we sometimes...." and "A lot of people in Recovery..." She says recovery is a life-long process.
I have Bi-Polar disorder but other than that I don't have anything to recover from and there is no cure for that anyway.
Answers: My therapist keeps saying things like, "In Recovery we sometimes...." and "A lot of people in Recovery..." She says recovery is a life-long process.
I have Bi-Polar disorder but other than that I don't have anything to recover from and there is no cure for that anyway.
well i feel like i have 5 or more years of sleep deprivation so i could see what she means, it is a life long recovery b/c it wont happen overnite
They give things fancy names, pretty much, he is just talking about your treatment and working on your bipolar disorder and helping you to live with it.
I dunno, I could be wrong.
The latest Model of Care called "The Recovery Model".
That is all I know about it. It is painful how the language changes but everything else including outcomes remains unaffected.
Ask her about that. Based on your diagnosis, it doesn't make sense. People usually talk about 'recovery' when someone has a problem with addictions of some kind. Those people have to stop their addictive behavior - which is painful - and recover their sense of themselves, their connection with others, and their physical health. Doesn't sound like you.
Any time you're confused by your therapist - ask her to explain. That's her job.
I am bipolar as well. Many people in recovery is also bipolar. But the 12-Step program has helped me to deal with my bipolar, as I am also a recovering alcoholic. Learning to live with bipolar is a life-long process as well; and we also have to recover from old behaviors that we used for coping skills. After we are diagnosised, no there isn't no cure for bipolar, but we do have to learn how to live with being bipolar successfully without it controlling us, we need to learn how to control it instead with therapy and medication.
While bi polar isnt cureable it is managable!!!! ur therapist may just think u need a bit longer before your done... uther wise u should tell her how u feel.
By 'recovery' I think she's meaning, coming to terms with the situation, and how to cope with it.
I suffer from Severe Depression, and the thoughts and feelings that cause it will never go away, but apparently over time we can be taught ways to deal with the thoughts, and feelings, so that they don't have such a debilitating affect on our lives.
Sadly as you say, there's no 'cure' for Mental Illness, Bi-Polar (Manic-Depressive), is always going to affect you, but hopefully you'll be taught how to limit the mood swings, and have a happy and fulfilling life.
I wish you all the best, being Severely Depressed is bad, but being Bi-Polar and not knowing if you're going to be happy or sad must be hard to deal with.
Hope I've answered your question in some small way
Diligaf is exactly right. You could say I'm in recovery with my depression, and the begining of it started when I started to feel like my life was normal again. In the therapist world recovery will always mean the time when the illness wasn't getting in the way of normal life anymore. Like in Cancer patients who had chemo therapy. They don't ever say they are cured but they say they are in remission. You were ill and now it's being treated and hopefully you agree with your doctor that things are a bit better and you are feeling recovererd.
Recovery is a life long process for some of us because....well in my case I suffer from depression. It's in my family and I've noticed symptoms since I was 15. I feel well now but all I have to do is stop taking my medicine, stop leaving the house, pull all the curtains shut and stay in bed all day. Then my depression will very easily swoop right in and settle back into my life. So recovery is a life long process because every day we choose to do the things that we know are going to make us happy and healthy. I try to feel like each day I am successful is a mini battle I've just won. And everyone has to make good choices like I've described, not just people with mood disorders. If anyone stopped leaving the house and slept all day they would quickly become sad and mopey and depressed. I am just someone that would have a harder time jumping out of it the next day. Don't get down on the no cure for Bi-Polar thing. You will live a normal life and you will only feel "sick" if you listen to hurtful comments that people who don't know any better make.