I was born a “nervous person”. Recovery International taught that fate gives some people an unbalanced nervous system. It’s not their fault. Therefore, I no longer indict myself for my nervous system or my illness. I now feel secure that I can handle life’s problems using Recovery International’s tools. Despite fears and temper tantrums as […]

I was diagnosed with manic depression (now called bipolar disorder) 26 years ago. Hospitalizations, medication, shock treatments and psychiatric consultations are part of my history. After several years of such treatment, Recovery International’s self-help Method became a major component of my support. Procrastination is one of my problems, so I didn’t attend Recovery International meetings […]

When I was 40, I was committed to the Oregon State Hospital because I was schizophrenic. Upon release from the hospital, I feared my life was over and that all I could look forward to would be frequent hospitalizations. While seeking help for a friend, I found Recovery International and eventually became a group leader. […]

It’s been many years since I experienced the dreadful nervous fatigue that debilitated me in my mid-20s. The depression I remember from my early childhood is now a stranger. At age 28, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and committed to Camarillo State Hospital in California. This followed several hospitalizations, each after a suicide attempt. I […]

I’ve been a nervous person since childhood, but after marriage and three children, my nervousness became an obsession and I thought I had become the victim of a serious disease. This obsession caused fear, anxiety and continuous panic. I became preoccupied with these inner agonies while trying to lead a normal life with my family, […]

I was referred to Recovery International after a seven-week hospitalization for depression and anxiety. Because I now practice Recovery International’s self-help Method, the past nine years of my life have been average and comfortable. While I formerly viewed everything as either “Mary Poppins optimistic” or “World War III disastrous”, I’ve learned that most of my […]

Anxiety was part of my life from the time I started school. It continued to hamper me throughout my teenage years, college and marriage. I felt inadequate, helpless and finally hopeless. When I first heard about Recovery International from a neighbor, I was barely functioning, but I read Mental Health Through Will-Training, which helped. However, […]

From a very early age I felt that there was something not quite right with my method of thinking. As a child my mother and older siblings were always telling me that I had “a temper”. I remember this was always said after I had become very angry and yelling or throwing things. I became […]