{"id":2569,"date":"2018-04-29T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocduk.net\/?page_id=2569"},"modified":"2020-09-23T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:57:55","slug":"what-is-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/overcoming-ocd\/what-is-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Recovery?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The great news is that people can and do recover from some mental health problems, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.<\/p>\n

Recovery is of course very individual, and how we define recovery may be different to how you define it. For some people it\u2019s an ongoing journey, for others it\u2019s a specific destination. Whatever the individual definition of recovery is, what is clear is that with the right support, recovery is possible.<\/p>\n

But how is recovery defined? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oxford English Dictionary define it as \u2018restoration or return to health from sickness\u2019, and it\u2019s fair to say that this is absolutely possible with OCD.<\/p>\n

Recovery – restoration or return to health from sickness.Oxford English Dictionary<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n

We love how the The Scottish Recovery Network<\/strong><\/a> define recovery, they say recovery means “being able to live a good life, as defined by the person, with or without symptoms and is more about what you CAN<\/strong> do, not what you can’t”. They created a fantastic short animated video resource about recovery, which with their kind permission we are able to show below.<\/p>\n