My mistake was i couldnt forgive my parents …i couldnt take med at times…couldnt take psychologist advice at time …!!!
I am recovered but not cured.
I don’t really feel like it’s a matter of recovery at this point for me, it’s a matter of survival. I’m never going to just magically heal and not be mentally ill anymore. (Unless some sort of wonder drug or treatment comes out in the future) But I can do the best I can to know my illness and be prepared to deal with it however I need to. I am getting better and better at doing this every year.
With ptsd I definitely feel that’s something where recovery can happen. I have recovered a great deal from where I was. I’m not completely back to normal and don’t know if I ever will be, but I’ve done a lot of healing there.
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Don’t tell me, show me
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I am close to being eccentric and getting paid for it… i will recover…
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I don’t think my schizophrenia will ever “disappear” or be “cured” but after 37 years of this I have made vast strides in my recovery. And quite simply I have just gotten better with less intense symptoms, being more at peace, enjoying other people etc. Just as recently as ten years ago I would sit in my apartment every night eating dinner and watching TV and intense episodes would hit me every night where it was a battle to stay in control and I felt like I would have to go to the hospital any minute. But stuff like that hasn’t happened for years. I can relax now, I can think more clearly of the past and enjoy the present.
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I think I can recover if I am allowed to XD
You don’t recover till the cure…
Meantime…you maintain sanity with the right meds and live as large as you can!
With current meds you can live a full and realised life…for most of us!
Yes there is an issue of SIZE of life for many of us who live constricted lives.
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That’s been me for 25 years and counting with SZ and alcoholism.
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As awesome as I am, I still see things 
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50/50?!
C’mon buddy! We are gonna win this thing!! 
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Lets make 50 a hundred…!!!
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I agree. I want to recover so much. I feel ive tried everything and just ran out of steem to try more things. It soubds like quite a complex biochemical condition that no one knows much about. I am still hopeful to get back to how my life was. Now i realise i live in my mind all day everyday or in so much distress from worry, fears. At least its not fatal but its one hell ride with good days and bad. Im still keen to try new things so i can at least improve on what i have. Get out and about and ENJOY 
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Same happend to me. 
and yes it has also died off
I may not recover but I’ll desperately defend my remaining sanity like the spartans at Thermopylae.
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I just do the best I can. Whether I’m recovered or not is not for me to decide.
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Positive thinking is goibg to do wonders. Great attitude
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I have treated the positive symptoms quite well with medication, but I haven’t got a clue about how to treat the negative symptoms, I think I have the symptoms of residual sz, but I don’t know if anyone gets diagnosed with that anymore.
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I don’t think I can recover. I’ve had symptoms for many years and the meds don’t stop them. I hope to recover.