u/Mission_Climate_5452

I’ve been suffering from PPPD + DPDR for a long while. Tried VRT, didn’t try SSRIs (yet), had some almost-normal phases and several painful setbacks.

Everywhere I go, I keep seeing stuff such as “YOU NEED TO START ENGAGING WITH LIFE AGAIN AS IF YOUR SYMPTOMS WEREN’T THERE” and all possible declinations of this sentence.

I’m wondering, IS THIS SERIOUSLY OUR ONLY OPTION? Trying not to think about symptoms? Ignoring them? Pretending they aren’t there and pushing through life whilst our nervous system is literally screaming in pain?

Is this seriously all that’s left to us? Or is there something I’m missing out on?

Thanks to everybody who will reply

I’ve been suffering from PPPD + DPDR for a long while. Tried VRT, didn’t try SSRIs (yet), had some almost-normal phases and several painful setbacks.

Everywhere I go, I keep seeing stuff such as “YOU NEED TO START ENGAGING WITH LIFE AGAIN AS IF YOUR SYMPTOMS WEREN’T THERE” and all possible declinations of this sentence.

I’m wondering, IS THIS SERIOUSLY OUR ONLY OPTION? Trying not to think about symptoms? Ignoring them? Pretending they aren’t there and pushing through life whilst our nervous system is literally screaming in pain?

Is this seriously all that’s left to us? Or is there something I’m missing out on?

Thanks to everybody who will reply