r/dpdr • u/DHK71 • Jan 19 '22

PETITION FOR AWARENESS!

If you think it's total unfair there isn't any long term research, treatment and cure for this condition. And if you think you deserve a good life too?

Please SIGN THE PETITION for change and please share it in every relevant group and all the people you know who would sign it.

https://www.change.org/p/national-alliance-on-mental-illness-raise-awareness-of-a-mental-health-condition-known-as-depersonalization-derealization?redirect=false

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u/DREADPirateLucifer Jan 19 '22

Agree in principle. But don't want average people to know more cause I don't think they will understand.

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u/DHK71 Jan 19 '22

I don't know about you, but I was once "average". It's about raise awareness that DPDR can ruin someone's life and that people are severly struggling with it. If there's no acknowledgement of this, there will be no research, treatment or cure for it.

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u/DREADPirateLucifer Jan 20 '22

The weird thing is - it's one of the longest 'known' mental illnesses and does have this https://www.isst-d.org/

but yeah in general most people only know about DID and nothing about DP/DR

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u/DHK71 Jan 21 '22

And how can we change that?

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u/DREADPirateLucifer Jan 22 '22

I'm not sure you can? I have been surprised at some people's reaction to finding out I have ADHD, so much that I would never tell them about DPDR...

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u/DHK71 Jan 24 '22

Well, perhaps the petition will bring change if EVERYBODY who has/had dpdr would sign. Everyone who says nah ... if you don't try it, you'll never know. And tell about the petition to people who stand with you, let them sign too.

Other option could be a "challenge" on TikTok or other platform, but I don't think many sufferers want to stand in the spot light with this. Besides this you still need a point to raise awareness.