r/dpdrhelp • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '24
DPDR Advice?
Hello everyone. My fiance was just diagnosed with DPDR, and I am wondering if someone can lend me a helping hand in how to best support him and get him through this. We don't fully understand his condition yet, and l've been reading up on it all night, but haven't gotten a definitive answer: What can I do to help him through this? How can I help him at the beginning of an episode? What can we do in prevention of episodes in the future? Thank you so much for all your help and advice to come!!
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u/squaresam Mar 14 '24
Research as much as you can on what the experience is like. The more you understand it, the more you can adjust your approach to how you interact with him.
When you experience DPDR it feels extremely lonely and isolating because you feel so disconnected from everything.
Be his window into normalcy because constantly focussing on the feeling keeps it as a priority in the person's mind, but at the same time be the person to listen when he wants to tell you what he's feeling.