“Personally, the first few months after were absolute hell. I slept all day. I wanted to do nothing. Good emotions were alien to me. I genuinely forgot what feeling alright felt like. … My mind was completely, and I mean completely empty. … I can't stress enough how blank my mind was. I could stare into nothingness and nothing would come into my head. Its been nine months of this post psychotic depression. … im starting to lose hope that i'll ever return back to my normal self. like my soul is completely lost.”
“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 →“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 s…”
Cause: r/Psychosis first-person OP u/Rough_Builder_7784 (post 1aca921): after psychotic break, 5–6 months continuous blank min…
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…
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