Not recoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/Dissociation, reddit.com/r/anhedonia2020-10-232020-10-272 posts by one person

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Author: u/urlocalblubberbrain

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“My brain is VOID of thoughts, ideas, words, consciousness. I literally CAN'T THINK, process, reason, plan... I feel like I lost my entire personality and sense of self. I'm emotionally numb... Music doesn't make me feel alive anymore... diminished into a mindless robot who can barely take care of herself.”

Cause: Quitting weed after increased use, plus weeks of extreme anxiety/panic and a stressful life event.
Duration: About 4 months at the Oct 23 and Oct 27 2020 posts; still impaired.
Recovery notes: [2020-10-27, post jjcn31] Still impaired at posting; declined antidepressants/antipsychotics fearing worse blankness; asks peers who relate. Selftext via arctic-shift. | [2020-10-23, post jgcmov] States no medical professional has alleviated symptoms; feels stuck. No recovery claimed in OP.
Recovery history: 2020-10-23: Not recovered
2020-10-27: Not recovered
Source URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dissociation/comments/jgcmov/feels_like_brain_damage/

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2020-10-23reddit.com/r/DissociationopNot recovered
“My brain is VOID of thoughts, ideas, words, consciousness. I literally CAN'T THINK, process, reason, plan... I feel like I lost my entire personality and sense of self. I'm emotionally numb... Music doesn't make me feel alive anymore... diminished into a mindless robot who can barely take care of herself.”
Cause:
r/Dissociation first-person OP (post jgcmov 'Feels Like Brain Damage'): after quitting weed + extreme anxiety/panic + stressful life event → void mind + emotional numbness. Unused r/Dissociation BOTH. Non-Invega; cannabis cessation + panic/stress-framed.
Duration:
Pressure in skull ~4 months at posting; cognitive/emotional collapse since quit-weed/panic cascade (exact total duration not further dated)
Recovery notes:
States no medical professional has alleviated symptoms; feels stuck. No recovery claimed in OP.
Open post ↗logged as 256-reddit-jgcmov-dissociation-void-thoughts-emotionally-numb
2020-10-27reddit.com/r/anhedoniaopNot recovered
“After that my brain literally shut off- for 4 months I've had pressure in my frontal lobe area. At first, my internal thought process shut off and I could barely speak. I forgot the existence of most words and my emotions were completely numb- I couldn't cry even though I wanted to. ... For the past 4 months I've spent most of my time in bed because I no longer have motivation or pleasure in doing anything.”
Cause:
r/anhedonia first-person OP urlocalblubberbrain (post jjcn31): after increased weed use then quitting + weeks-long panic → internal thought process shut off / blank impaired cognition + emotions completely numb / couldn't cry; anhedonia + loss of self. Unused cannabis-quit/panic BOTH (≠ wr7cp3 Adderall). Non-Invega.
Duration:
~4 months continuous at 27 Oct 2020 post (since panic episode after quitting weed)
Recovery notes:
Still impaired at posting; declined antidepressants/antipsychotics fearing worse blankness; asks peers who relate. Selftext via arctic-shift.
Open post ↗logged as 269-reddit-jjcn31-weed-panic-blank-mind-emotions-numb

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