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What is recovery?

Recovery is the personal process that people with mental illness go through in gaining control, meaning and purpose in their lives. Recovery involves different things for different people. For some, recovery means the complete absence of the symptoms of mental illness. For others, recovery means living a full life in the community while learning to live with ongoing symptoms.

(CMHA Toronto: https://toronto.cmha.ca/mental-health/your-mental-health/recovery/)

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