[header] How to help loved ones with conversion disorder [title] Refrain from telling the person their symptoms aren't real. [step] Telling someone with conversion disorder that their symptoms are not real or that they are just in response to stress won't help. The person probably won't believe you.
[header] How to help loved ones with conversion disorder [title] Refrain from telling the person their symptoms aren't real. [step] Telling someone with conversion disorder that their symptoms are not real or that they are just in response to stress won't help. The person probably won't believe you.
Don't try to tell the person there is no " reason " for them to be sick or that it's all in their head. [substeps] Even if you get annoyed or frustrated, you should remain calm. So, try to tell the person their symptoms are real and nothing more, even if it isn't true. If the person resists telling you their symptoms aren't real, give up. What the person thinks is probably not true is often a belief often immediately dismissed when committed to treatment. [substeps] For example, you wouldn't tell someone she and bill spend 8 hours in front of a visual machine with have genital cancer! Expressing your emotions with images doesn't help convince the person to commit. It's not likely that they know it's real. Not all people with conversion disorder understand they're not real.