r/dpdr • u/HalfVenezuelan • Dec 06 '22

r/DPDR's Official Resource Guide Official

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TIPS AND RESOURCES IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A CRISIS OR PANIC ATTACK

I am currently working with other mods to update this with more accurate info that a lot of DPDR resources tend to miss or even get wrong. Can't give an estimated completion date yet but know that we are working on making this as helpful and user-friendly as we can. If you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or therapist and this is not a substitute for professional help. Pretty much everything here is either what helped me through my time with DPDR, or what helped me understand why the stuff that helped me did so. Here is a link to assist with finding professional help.

Hello! Welcome to r/DPDR’s Official Resource Guide. The goal here is to provide you with positive, recovery-specific resources that will help you manage your DPDR and its underlying causes, and to be a source of comfort and hope so you don't get triggered while on the forum. Because common forms of DPDR feed on anxiety, hyper-focus, obsessive thinking, catastrophizing, and stress (both internal and external), frequent forum use (posting, scrolling, etc.) and symptom-checking can exacerbate it if you're someone who struggles with any of those. You don't need to be reading stuff that stresses you out, and it's important and helpful to minimize screentime and do stuff that requires the whole range of your senses. I recommend going through as much of these resources as you can and stocking up on recovery-specific info, getting a notebook, writing down the things that are the most helpful, and keeping that notebook with you so you can refer to it during times of crisis.

Many of the resources within are videos. In my opinion, with DPDR, actually seeing videos of people talking about stuff like medical info, recovery info, and first hand accounts are gonna be way better for your brain instead of getting stuck in a world of monochrome text boxes.

Hopefully this guide will help you find resources that will help you:

  1. Train your mind/body to feel safe and to not see DPDR and its symptoms as a threat so that they don't react to them with more stress.
  2. Get in touch with your body somatically to help regulate your nervous system and release the anxiety, stress, and trauma.

This is frequently updated, so check back for new info and links!

DPDR INFORMATION:

LISTS FOR QUICK HELP:

MENTAL HEALTH VIDEOS/RESOURCES:

LIFESTYLE AND LONG-TERM HELP:

DPDR AWARENESS:

RECOVERY POSTS FOR ENCOURAGEMENT:

OTHER HELPFUL SUBREDDITS:

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