Public archive
A public archive of blank-mind and emotional-numbness cases
First-person reports gathered from forums, essays, and communities describe a quiet, hard-to-name state: a blanked mind paired with emotional numbness. This site documents those accounts as they were written — with links back to original sources. It is not medical advice.
197
Total cases
31
Recovered
29
Partial
93
Not recovered
44
Unknown
174
Both symptoms clear
Drawn from 52 source sites. Counts update from the case JSON.
“Gradually, I lost the ability to feel emotions, both positive and negative. Everything became indifferent, empty... Most of the time, I lay in a state of severe depersonalization and numbness... Cogn…”
Cause: sertraline (abrupt then slower discontinuation); protracted withdrawal + PSSD
View case →“I'm so used to having numb emotions and poor cognitive abilities now... I'm starting to worry that I'll have to live with this foggy, empty head for the rest of my life... I never feel really happy a…”
Cause: fluoxetine (Prozac); two years after stopping
View case →“I rarely feel any emotion, mostly sadness, but it still feels like it's far away... what disturbs me the most would be the lack of inner monologue/thoughts... I simply feel like I am just existing.”
Cause: paroxetine (Seroxat) discontinuation Nov 2014, then Feb panic + ~3 weeks insomnia; thought-process stopped; framed as DP
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