Re: Managing DPD With a family
I don't have children but did experience DP whilst with a partner. It's something which comes & goes for me, I've experienced it solidly for months and I now experience it sporadically throughout the day when I'm feeling anxious.
How you manage it is whatever works best for you. For the first few weeks I hid it from my partner because, as we all know, to someone who hasn't experienced it how on earth do you even begin to explain?! After a month though I sat him down and told him that this was what I was experiencing, and that I sometimes didn't feel like I knew him or recognised him or loved him, but that I needed him to know that I always did and I just needed lots of patience and reassurance to get through it.
I was very lucky that he understood, and with medication and time I eventually snapped out of DP after a few months. I somehow learned to pay no attention to the feelings of detachment and eventually they dissapeared.
I think if you can, try to tell your partner what's going on in your head - it may help knowing that he at least is aware of the living hell you're going through x
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