“I cannot handle this blank mind anymore. I've lost everything good in my life because of it. My job, my friends, my family, my emotions. I can't even feel simple anxiety. I'd rather feel depressed the rest of my life, as long as I had thoughts and emotion. … I've tried everything. Therapy, medications, vitamins, EMDR… I even tried drugs again hoping it would spark some kind of thought/emotion. Literally nothing helps.”
“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
View case →“Yes I've recovered from no thoughts and no inner monologue and an overall feeling of complete mental numbness... it was extreme stress that slid me into this world of complete mental numbness.”
Cause: extreme stress; described as a protection mechanism (DP/mental numbness)
View case →“I know two types of medication which can cause the emotional numbness/blank mind-combo... It's some sort of catatonia of the brain, like your soul had been sucked out of your head.”
Cause: unknown / treatment-resistant depression-DP; many failed antidepressants and antipsychotics listed on related profile s…
View case →“I went from having a COMPLETELY BLANK MIND to one that's constantly racing... I was still fluent at talking, clearer in my thinking, and feeling emotions when I heard songs/watched movies.”
Cause: cannabis at college triggering DP ('huge epiphany'); blank mind, mutism, inability to concentrate
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