no offense but to me at first your title and post sounds like someone is trying to do thair homework or research on members here.
to answer your question of stories of self transformation stories all you need to do is read the boards. you will find lots and lots of posts where members have helped their selves with their mental disorders. thats what this whole community area of forums is about.... sharing information and our problems and how we over come our problems. just keep on reading and posting on the forums and you will see how others have helped their self...
one thing that I do is when I encounter a post where someone has posted about an improvement I go back in their past posts to see where they were and that shows me that if they can go from this to that so can I
example if you are having a problem with depression go to the depression boards and read there.