#like... abuse is abuse and recovery or lackthereof isn't inherently more or less abusive | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

uncanny-tranny · 10 months ago

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Choosing not to recover is, frankly, a non-action and something neutral. While you can absolutely abuse people, choosing not to recover is not in and of itself an act of abuse, and sometimes it seems like people think that not recovering holds the same weight as abuse. While things like abuse are nuanced and dynamic, recovery is not a respite that prevents abuse from happening.

#mental health #mental health support #abuse #abuse tw #i'm just troubled because it seems like some people think if you don't recover or don't Do It Right you are a blight on your loved ones #i'm choosing not to be in recovery for many reasons and one of them isn't that i'm selfish and want my loved ones to suffer me actually #traditional forms of recovery didn't work for me and left me worse off *personally* and that's a choice we all deserve to make #i know i talked about how choosing recovery is a matter of autonomy but...#...there's this undercurrent of ableism where recovery is seen as the moral obligation that you do to Protect Others From You/Your Illness #like... abuse is abuse and recovery or lackthereof isn't inherently more or less abusive #being unable to ~properly~ recover has shown me a lot more than actual recovery did honestly

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