Recovery Stories

Starting college is supposed to feel like freedom. For Sofia, it feels like survival. Fresh out of the hospital and stepping onto campus weeks after the semester has already begun, she is forced to navigate dorm life, lectures, and relationships while carrying the weight of a past she's not ready to talk about. As she tries to rebuild a sense of normalcy, she forms unexpected connections, including her outgoing roommate Alison and Joshua, a football player whose quiet steadiness contrasts sharply with the chaos inside her head. Set against the backdrop of college life, this story explores eating disorders, relapse, control and the fragile balance between isolation and connection.

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Everest is the most popular boy in school. He's handsome, wealthy, and captain of the football team-he has the world at his fingertips, but he's desperately unhappy. And when those feelings become too much to bear, he tries to take his own life. On the surface, Beverly's different from Everest in every possible way. She's quiet, shy, hard working, and keeps to herself on campus, focusing on her schoolwork and her part-time job, distracting herself from her less-than-perfect upbringing. When Everest returns to school after his attempt, he's in more pain than ever. Discarded by his friends, he draws little empathy and too much attention from those who surround him. But when Beverly and Everest meet unexpectedly in a dusty corner of the old library, they discover together just how rich life can be when given the freedom to just be yourself.

He didn't break her all at once. He taught her how to shatter herself. To everyone watching, she has the life girls dream of : money, beauty, a powerful husband, and a marriage wrapped in perfection. But behind their locked doors, perfection is the punishment she can never escape. He tells her who to be. He tells her how to walk, how to breathe, how to think. Every mistake is a lesson. Every bruise is a reminder. Every betrayal is somehow her fault. And she believes him. Because after years of being molded, corrected, and rewritten, she no longer remembers who she was before he decided to "fix" her. She only knows the rules he carved into her bones. Don't speak too loudly. Don't ask questions. Don't look at him when he's angry. Don't look away when he wants your attention. And above all Don't ever forget that love is earned, not given. Her sister whispers that she's losing herself. Her friends say they're worried. Her subconscious screams that something is wrong. But she silences all of them. Because she is so close so close to becoming the perfect wife, he swears she could be if she tries a little harder. And if she can be perfect... Maybe he'll finally love her. Or maybe perfection is the very thing that will destroy her. *This story depicts domestic and emotional abuse. These scenes are fictional and not meant to glorify or romanticize abuse. If you are in a harmful or unsafe situation, please reach out for help: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) thehotline.org You deserve safety.

Rihaan : "Anya is like the sun... she's the one who makes everything warm and bright, even when I'm scared. I think, if I hold onto her long enough, maybe the world will stay like that-soft and warm, and I won't have to worry about the dark." Ananya : "I would break myself a thousand times if it meant he could stay unbroken. His heart is a fragile thing, and mine will always be the shield that holds him safe from a world that doesn't deserve his light." _______ In the sequel to Innocence, life for Ananya and Rihaan is messy, yet beautifully tangled. Their days are filled with laughter, love, and the subtle ache of a past Rihaan can't fully recall. Ananya, ever the protector, cherishes his innocence, but beneath the childlike demeanor lies a brokenness he's unable to confront. One day, the cracks in Rihaan's facade begin to show. His playful nature falters, and the depth of his trauma surfaces. Ananya is forced to confront a truth she's long feared: Rihaan's past is far darker than she ever imagined. When Raj, Rihaan's brother, finally reveals the horrors he endured in his childhood, Ananya makes it her mission to heal him, to strip away the layers of pain and replace them with love. But Rihaan's mind-torn between the child he once was and the man he's supposed become-resists. The harder Ananya tries, the deeper the battle becomes, as Rihaan's past and present collide in ways neither of them can control. In the end, can love heal what the mind refuses to remember? Or will the ghosts of his past break them both?

[sequel to RWBY: The Ace in the hole] Beacon has fallen and tensions are high between the kingdoms of Remnant. Rusty Calavera seeks vengeance on Adam Taurus and hopes to recover what was stolen from him, taking him to the far off island of Menagerie....... [Volumes 4-6] "There is no love without sin. Love is best measured in what we forgive." - Nightcrawler.

Dear readers,this is a jossgawin fanfiction that I would be gladly pouring every of my imagination into so please read at your own risk. this book is rated 🔞

"Nine years of silence. Nine years of being a ghost. Now, Hazrael Taylor is finally waking up." For nine years, Hazrael Taylor has been a prisoner-not behind bars, but within the walls of a home that treats him like a disease. Betrayed and abandoned by the girl he once loved, and constantly belittled by a family that treats him with nothing but cold favoritism, Hazrael has drowned in a sea of depression and labels. They call him "crazy." They call him a "mistake." He believed them. He lived as a sketch without an end, waiting for a light that never came. But everything changes when he discovers a hidden compartment in an old, dusty cabinet. Inside lies a secret that has been buried for nearly a decade-a letter that shatters every lie he was ever told about his birth. Hazrael is not who they said he was. And the truth about his past might be the only thing that can save his future-or destroy what's left of his sanity. Prompt: #29 Word Count Goal: 20,000 - 40,000 words Content Warning: This story contains sensitive themes of clinical depression, bullying, betrayal, and family trauma. Reader discretion is advised.

She survived a childhood that tried to break her. Violence. Fear. Silence. Escaping her past was the first step - learning to live was harder. When she moves to a new country, she finds unexpected comfort in a carefree roommate whose warmth begins to melt the walls she built around her heart. For the first time, she dares to hope... and to love. But bad timing has its own cruelty. Betrayed by circumstance and convinced love only leaves scars, she walks away before she can be abandoned again. Years later, she has rebuilt herself - stronger. colder. untouchable. Until the arrival of a ruthless CEO who doesn't believe in love... who mirrors the same wounds she buried. Just as their guarded hearts begin to open, her past returns - with an invitation... and a second chance she never asked for. Now she must decide: Is love worth risking everything again? Or are some hearts safer left unbroken?

"Maybe if I'd just answered the call, everything would be okay..." After Taehyun disappears one night, Beomgyu must confront the consequences of missed signals and quiet struggles. In the end, it's not just about finding him, but finding the strength to truly be there.

Would Seonghwa ever be enough? No matter his efforts, the college boy's fragile mental health collapsed further and further into an unhealthy climax barely imaginable. And all because he pushed himself just too far. Too far to extents where not even his body could take it. Not even for the life-long dream he had of debuting. No amount of reassurance could alter Seonghwa's self-image. Maybe it was the fault of his past. Maybe it was the built-up pressure he refused to talk to anyone about. It wasn't until he met Hongjoong that Seonghwa received love like he had never before. Even through Hongjoong's own struggles he tended to Seonghwa with open support and pure empathy. But at what cost? Maybe falling in love with your only friend ruined it all-or only made it better?

can't do it anywhere else or she'll see it

The War we will forever battle is the one inside our minds. Events can occur without warning, planting a seed of trauma within the mind and as the pain continues; the seed sprouts into a mighty oak of terror. A story of how loneliness, hatred and toxicity changes the mind, body and soul. A tale of torment and truth battling with the unknown sensation of grief. A tale of recovery with a sprinkle of romance, dancing alongside discovery. Will the lost soul the tale is about find their happy ending or will they continue to burrow themselves deep within the soil?

I'm not a poet. I'm just a 17-year-old writing down the things I don't know how to say out loud. This is a collection of poems about school, family, growing up, and the kind of pain people don't notice because you're "too young" to be this tired. It's about being compared, being ignored, being told you're fine when you're really not. About smiling in public and breaking down when you're alone. Some of this is messy. Some of it is angry. Some of it probably shouldn't be shared-but it's real. If you've ever felt invisible, misunderstood, or like you're carrying more than you should be at this age, maybe you'll see yourself here. Content Warning: Mental health struggles, self-harm awareness, family issues, emotional distress.

Two childhood friends, now grown up and with life in a mess, make two separate new year's resolution that makes them a permanent fixture in each other's life. Lan Wangji is a divorcee whose wife left him calling him emotionally unavailable and impotent. Wangji's older brother Lan Xichen is married with a child and his uncle Lan Qiren decides to marry Qiren's childhood sweetheart after her husband passed away of old age. Lan Wangji realizes he has nothing to look forward to in his old age. He resolves to live each day to the fullest to have memories to reminisce when he is older. Wei Wuxian, a workaholic, alcoholic and a habitual flirt is still recovering from the death of his older sister in a car accident ten years ago. Wuxian was driving drunk. Wei Wuxian makes a new year's resolution to give up alcohol and get in shape and have a serious relationship. Both men end up meeting at the fruit stall where it is Lan Wangji who recognizes Wei Ying as the boy from sixth grade who used to really annoy Wangji. As Wangji talks about his new year resolution to make new memories Wei Wuxian explains how he's trying to give up alcohol, that too without rehab, Lan Wangji offers to be Wuxian's accountability partner and the best way to be accountable is to live together.

Thot of thoughts: A nonviolence manifesto from one Georgia trans girls life long struggle with recovery to transition. I have been thinking a lot lately. More in an ai chat. Literally dealing with the world itself as I try to get to where I can write. Dealing with mental illness. Literally transitioning in this political climate. Might make a good autobiography One day. The following is a journal of my last years. Literally plan to thrive. Editing passes to come. This is meant to be an historical document from an critical voice. Yes me. A trans girl in the middle of societal scapegoating and possibly societal collapse. It is important to learn from the past. So learning from by while making something to be learned from. This is why I am posting it. Its apart of an omnibus. Planed by me. This is an infinite evolving project. Lets us see where it goes.

"My... choice...? Mine...?" I whispered. "I don't have one. My will has never been my own." As the last people entered the elevator, Kurapika offered me his hand. I stared at it as if it was a frog with three heads. "You have one now. Let go of every instinct telling you to keep your head down, every nerve in your body stopping you from taking my hand. You're not his anymore-you don't owe him shit!" He said, eyes pleading with me. "Take my hand, Little Sakura. You can be free." . . . On the night of the Throbbing Tree, three people are destined by fate to meet, each wanting to be granted a wish. Y/N, a shapeshifting Boundborn from BLACKLEACH CORPORATION seeking freedom; Kurapika, a noble Hunter with a thirst for revenge; and Akio, a prince wishing to overthrow the system. Their paths become intertwined when the apple goes missing, and both Y/N and Akio follow Kurapika on a mission to retrieve it. BEST RANKINGS: #1 in 'healthyrelationship' #5 in 'newexperiences' #12 in 'newhope' ONGOING ✔️

"being a shield is my birthright." • This work is dedicated to everyone who is healing, recovering, learning (and unlearning), discovering, becoming, and being. For all of the oldest siblings, those recovering from trauma of any kind, the twenty-somethings, all of my queer and trans and disabled and neurodivergent siblings, people whose favorite trope is found family, those who struggle with chronic pain/illness, and anyone who just can't figure out how to word things. This is for you. This is also for me, for my future self, so I can hopefully look back one day and thank the Universe for how I've grown and how much I've gained. Here's to hoping for a better future.

A book of poems from an amature author

A series of poems about my experience living with the impacts of childhood trauma, and my journey through recovery, set backs, and healing.

{SEQUEL TO ACROPHILIA} After waking up from the coma, Jinyoung cannot seem to get rid of this other man who seems set on turning his life upside down, making him want to... live.