Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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“No brain activity, no personality, no emotions, no libido, no thoughts, no motivation, no dopamine, nothing. I am the closest thing to a zombie brain-wise. Its over, thats all”
Cause
Reddit r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/harrowedpossum: long COVID framing in r/covidlonghaulers. Attributes no thoughts + no emotions + no personality / no brain activity / zombie brain to long COVID. Unused long-COVID BOTH; distinct from weax79, AAA_battery cluster, and smoothwait1820.
Duration
Duration of long COVID not quantified; still fried/blank+numb at 22 Sep 2025 posting
Recovery notes
No recovery claimed. OP frames as over. Replies offered gut-dysbiosis/pacing hope and one claimed prior recovery from void state (not this OP). No later OP recovery update verified this pass. Enriched from arctic-shift full OP selftext (2026-09-13).
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1no0pni/i_am_fried/

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