How do yall deal with explaining your HPPD?
I’ve had HPPD for probably about 6 years now. Havent been really active on this subreddit since i first got it because ive realized that for me personally not thinking / talking about it helps me deal with it.
Now my question / rant is relatively unserious, but something ive genuinely wondered. How do you guys deal with telling people or informing them about your HPPD?
Honestly, after 6 years of dealing with it i’ve realized theres really no point in trying to explain it to people, for me personally. I feel like i always get downplayed. I either get the response of “oh that happens to me sometimes”, or “no you’re just overthinking it” (for context im referring to when people ask if i want to smoke weed, ive stopped since getting HPPD because of the flashbacks i had when i tried smoking and havent smoked since).
It seems like some people take offense, or think of it as some sort of badass contest to see whos had a worse experience, when obviously that isnt my intention.
At the end of the day, I really do understand how little is known about HPPD, and i dont expect people to know or care about it. Just after 6 years of trying to explain to people about HPPD and being met with schizophrenia allegations ive decided to just say my job drug tests or something like that.
Anyway, more of a lighthearted rant, also curious about your guys’ experience with this.