As a person who is currently going blind, I would suggest that your partner seek a professional to talk to; perhaps a counselor that has experience with those with disabilities. She may be having a difficult time coming to terms with her vision loss, and a professional can help her work through her feelings and concerns. It would also give her a place to openly discuss her fears and not have to constantly unload them on you. Hopefully she is receptive and open to this idea. Good luck and best wishes to the both of you.

It might be time she make some blind friends. Of course she should continue to make sighted friends but it could empower her to know that there are thousands of blind people out there living fulfilling lives. I recommend the National Federation of the Blind (if in US). They have local chapters and a national convention every year. They are very much about empowering yourself as a blind person and not having your disease define you.
My boyfriend is blind and I can always see a noticeable difference in him after he spends some time around other blind people, especially ones who are conquering life.

I have RP and I remember how devastating and terrifying it was when I found out... I was 21 years old newly engaged and have my whole life Ahead of me... Flash forward 23 years and I have two amazing children and a wonderful man who loves me tons of friends that surround me... yes I had struggles but I've had many many more triumphs... I would be more than happy to talk to her or you if you would like to message me

I went through similar feelings when I passed the point where I could no longer drive or read from a book. What helped me: therapy, reading about others who overcame their disabilities, and the company of blind friends. And maybe antidepressants. What didn't help: being surrounded by loved ones who felt sorry for me and insisted on helping me with things I should have been learning to do on my own. It may be different for her but I recommend trying what everyone else has suggested and on top of that, maybe some tough love. She can overcome this. I will be hoping for the best for both of you.

My friend you have to be there fore her. This is a time in her life when she is going through some ruff times. Best of luck to you man.

If it's really starting to impact her life, she's probably feeling scared and vulnerable. i know that I tell people I'm partially blind only when I have to ask for help, and it feels like I'm saying "Don't expect too much from me." I've always been afraid of letting people down, and now that I'm starting to get into disabled territory I sometimes feel like I'm basically useless. I felt for a long time like I shouldn't inflict myself on people because I was more trouble than I was worth.

What helped me was therapy that didn't focus on coping with my medical issues or what I have lost. I focused on self-esteem and learning that my friends and family like me enough that they won't dump me because I need extra help now. I don't like identifying myself as partially sighted/blind (although I make a hell of a lot of jokes about it when I run into things or miss a sign), it's just another data point about me that comes up when necessary. Therapy helped me like myself enough to start helping myself, and let other people help me.

That sounds almost like me, but I was already born disabled with 20/200 sight due to a congenital glaucoma. I didn't care much about losing sight for as long as it was enough to read magnified high contrast text off a computer screen and code, but once I went blind I became obsessed with it. Perhaps the first step is figuring out exactly what it is that she used to like doing and can't anymore, and finding an alternative way of doing it. It didn't work for me since coding blind is a real pain, but it might work for her.

Regarding the train stop problem I personally use a GPS app called BlindSquare which, among other things, allows me to mark places of interest and sounds an alert when I'm approaching them so I can mark bus and train stops, but yes, I'm always afraid of falling asleep in the train or running out of battery on my phone and missing the train stop where I'm supposed to exit, leaving me in a situation where I have to either jaywalk across and risk getting run over or potentially get disoriented trying to find the overpass.