What Would Define Recovery For You?

[Naoru]

Healthy levels of:
Self-trust
Acceptance
Emotions
Safety
Self-control
Confidence
Security
etc

Manageable or unnoticeable major symptoms of PTSD, including a better ability to handle normal stress
Good physical health, not plagued with memories of the past
Living in the present
Thriving, not just surviving

Some of these seem like unattainable goals, but I mean, what would it would be like to wake up one morning and not think, "F me, another day?" I'd like to find out or die trying. Good post. Good things to think about.

 

[Lee2001]

Calm, less paranoid, stable mood, sleeping, resolved, empowered, and not numb!

 

[malachi]

Peace,
Comfort,
Acceptance.

A homeostatic state that is not agitated or distressed.

 

[void]

Great thread @Sandstone !

Full awareness of my state of physiological arousal and the ability to self-regulate same.
Full awareness of my emotional state and the ability to self-regulate same.
To be able to fully enter and reside in the calm state.

 

[Kolten]

Peace
Support
Contentment
Mindfulness
Trust
Security

 

[ahershey]

Peace of mind, and of soul.

 

[Glo809]

Greetings

To be able to complete a project fron start to finish.
(That does not include work, I have no problem in doing this there)

And not to see adversary's everywhere.

G

 

[Gadgie]

To be able to be in a crowded room and not feel anxious.

To go through a whole day without suffering a mood swing.

To go through a day without pain.

To have no more nightmares, or panic attacks.

To feel, and be normal.

 

[watundah]

Freedom from anxiety
Buckets of trust
True connection with more than a few

 

[Sheila O]

I am working hard at moving on, and have begun to wonder what being better would look like for me. I...

All of the above plus spontaneity, empowered, a channel for assisting others, free-spirited. I spent years healing from severe and repeated traumas. My recovery maintenance plan is daily rituals, exercise, journaling, maintaining a connection with myself so that I don't become lost and depressed.

 

[expectingbetter]

I named three things for myself already so I am delighted with your thread

in my case

to be able to have a work and to be satisfied how I feel there
to be able to have a smart phone and not to be scared of the phone
to be able to be without therapy

I even imagined a prize for myself when I reach those three - a visit to my favorite city again!

 

[Hush92]

At this point, recovery for me means having a healthy relationship in which I am comfortable with someone intimately.

I have made so much progress in fighting this illness, but it still has me conquered in the way of relationships. I know the only way to fix this is to face my fear and allow a relationship to occur, because I can never form positive sexual experiences if I never allow myself to have sexual experiences again at all. However there are so many countless complications in this for me and would require a partner of almost saintly patience and empathy. It's just challenging.