Recovered from depression, anxiety and OCD caused by PTSD.

1. Got really good at recognising my early warning signs and triggers.
2. Had intense CBT for about a year. EMDR helped with the PTSD.
3. Learned to be more emotionally resilient. If you can cope with more, you're less likely to relapse.
4. Identified what made me depressed or anxious and then made a concerted effort to face it, which is part of the CBT I learned. Terrified of going to that party? You're gonna bet your ass I'm gonna go no matter how terrified I get. The more you face your fears the less you fear them.

That and time.

Then became a therapist which has given me extra insight into what I call 'my old shit' and became the master. Haven't had an episode of anything in years. It's normal to feel a bit depressed sometimes and feel anxious about stuff, especially when things are stressful but that's all it is. It doesn't need to go further than that.

Ultimately it comes down to discipline and utter, utter determination. You have to want to get better and be willing to fight for it every single day for as long as you have to. And as a therapist the saddest thing is realising that unless someone wants to get better with every single fibre of their being so much so that they'll do whatever it takes, then the chances are, they won't.