Anyone ever overcome a mental disorder?

has any one ever over come any of their disorders?

I'm quite sure it is possible and people overcome certain mental states such as depression and minor psychotic disorders.

I was diagnosed suffering a severe depression on my first meetings with my psychiatrist, prescribed me to take anti-depressants, but later I was diagnosed suffering an Acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with suspects of schizophrenia because of paranoid thoughts about people. I was prescribed to take anti-psychotics as well . . I decided on my own to stop taking the anti-psychotics but kept with anti-depressants, and stopped seeing my psychiatrist as well as my psychologist . . no reason that I came up with . .
I noticed I wasn't experiencing psychotic attacks anymore and generally I thought I felt much better. I began experiencing weird feelings&thoughts within my normal state.

Today, it's been a month or two since I visited my therapists, and generally I don't feel any severe depression feelings, However I do feel like I'm not 100% normal, I can't finish thinking about something specific, I can't finish thinking about something that is bothering me and disturbing me, I just become anxious about it but I can't put a thought on it. I do think bad on people, I analyze people's behavior and somehow as conclusion I sometimes end up with Suicidal thoughts, and I sometimes become a bit violent and when I'm really mad I find myself talking aggressively towards my dog (lol, yeah).

So, as an answer to your question. . there are states that u can overcome (depression), but disorders like psychosis and schizophrenia, imo you can only figure out how to live with that or how to NOT let it control you most of the time.

=P ByeBye .

Fakename

From what I understand, there are things that can be overcome. For instance, certain Personality Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, etc. can be overcome for some people if they are willing to give 100% and do the work to get there.

Mostly, though, mental disorders can be managed through the use of the correct medications and working with the right therapist. Once again, the work must be done 100%.

I am a mixed bag. I suffer major clinical depression and have acute anxiety disorder. I went through DBT to help me cope better with my emotions. (Relearning behaviors) Now, I am in EMDR to help me overcome past abuse/trauma. The hope is that I will be free of the anxiety and my depression will be more manageable. But, I will probably be on anti-depressants for the rest of my life. I have a chemical imbalance that can be managed by the meds.

Guess my reply, in a nutshell, is Yes, No and Maybe.

Hi Fakename,

yes, people do recover.

i haven't recovered from whatever i've got yet, but im working through it and im at least a few steps in the right direction. im guessing there are more people on this forum who haven't recovered than people who have because people come here looking for help.

doctors diagnosed me bp/sz, doped me up with a whole load of meds as and didnt give me any therapy. they wrote me off as a basket case. years after i told them to go ###$ themselves im now working towards recovery. its hard-going, but i think im getting somewhere. that's hope at least.

Yes. I lived with mental illness for 23 years. Finally overcame it thanks to a painful and expensive procedure called D-I-V-O-R-C-E

The answer short answer is yes, but it's very very difficult.

the long answer is go listen to Madness Radio. it's set up by Will Hall, who actually recovered himself, from schizophrenia, and he interviews lots of people many of which have recovered and talk about their recovery. I can't recommended it enough.

http://www.madnessradio.net/