Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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blank mind/inner monologue - no "drifting off" in thought… no deep emotions… @Michael: totally, I feel like I have no emotions at all… Now my mind is always "silent" and blank, like I've completely dissociated from my self/ego/mind… I feel stuck in an eternal, timeless moment of void/nothingness. No emotions, no feelings… I kept "fighting" my mind until one morning… my mind suddenly went blank/silent.
Cause
Severe DP/DR after fighting thoughts/emotions one morning until mind 'disconnected' and went silent (New York). Depression context before blankness; Remeron (mirtazapine) prescribed afterward; also small daily Klonopin for edge. Frames blank/silent mind + no emotions as DP rather than simple anhedonia.
Duration
Onset ~Dec 2016; still describing blank mind ~Aug 2017 (~8 months) with only partial symptom reduction (sun, CBD, cold therapy — CBD 'doesn't have a very measurable effect on my blank mind'). No clear full recovery reported in-thread.
Recovery notes
Last in-thread updates still blank-minded; CBD/sun/cold helped some cognition/symptoms but not blank mind. No later recovery confirmation found this pass.
Source URL
https://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/91600-anyone-recover-from-blank-mindno-inner-monlogue/

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