“How do yall cope with blank mind, loss of personality, anhedonia and flat affect at work? Title says it all. I've been dealing with all the aforementioned for 5 -6 months without it going away ever since my psychotic break. Been trying to act friendly and more talkative at work but awkward silences still happen. It really sucks and don't even know if I can perform well at post graduate school with this new self, let alone a new job coming up.”
“Can anhedonia blank mind no emotions go away? ... nothing interest me and nothing gives me joy ... i cant appreciate small things in life i cant feel anything ... music was everything to me and now i…”
Cause: Same person u/DapperBaker5052 (22M): psychosis with manic episodes ~mid-2022, then treatment. Earliest post (May 2023)…
View case →“My head feels empty. My mind is totally blank. No spontaneous thoughts or imagery pop into my head anymore. … I have no internal monologue and feel like an NPC. Minimal emotions, flat affect, and anh…”
Cause: r/Psychosis first-person OP u/weab00 (post ynqaez): head empty / mind totally blank / no spontaneous thoughts or imager…
View case →“I need to vent: post-psychosis anhedonia, fatigue, blank mind… Never feeling joy, even though I do activities that most people would love and would have brought me joy before. I literally have nothin…”
Cause: r/Psychosis first-person OP u/white_rabbit_333 (post 1hjq94a): post-psychosis → blank mind (can't think of much / no op…
View case →“It has been 3 months since my psychosis which lasted 4 months. I've been very depressed ever since. I have no interest in most things, and mostly just waste away in bed. Blank mind, difficult to hold…”
Cause: r/Psychosis first-person OP u/spottycow123 (post 1kufved): after psychosis (lasted 4 mo) → blank mind + anhedonia/depre…
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