“I've always felt weirdly numb starting my sophomore, junior year of high school. It wasn't an issue until I recently noticed my mind is almost constantly blank. … to have only static in my brain now is very strange. … There's some other things I'm experiencing as well like apathy. … It used to make me sad when I saw people in pain, whether physically or emotionally. Now....nothing. … I want to feel things again. … I'm not on any medication. My only diagnosis is generalized anxiety… This has been happening for at least three/four years.”
“I developed: a “blank mind” feeling (no natural train of thought like before) emotional numbness/anhedonia (no joy, sadness, anger, excitement) reduced mental imagery … feeling like I have to manuall…”
Cause: r/mentalhealth first-person OP u/lolmsn (post 1tsrjh0): ~10 months on SSRIs + other meds after prior trauma (had recove…
View case →“now I just feel nothing at all … I can stare at a wall for hours and not a single thought pops in my head, like I'm just blank”
Cause: r/mentalhealth OP Iwytsmd7 (22 Jul 2025): severe panic attacks with no clear trigger from end of January 2025, hospital…
View case →“My mind is always blank, on autopilot and numb... I can stare at nothing in particular and just think, see and feel nothing for a long time. It's not even daydreaming, reminiscing or thinking at all,…”
Cause: No cause named; describes it as their default state and a lack of inner dialogue, noticed as a new graduate at work. Me…
View case →“i don’t really feel anything, no sadness yet no happiness... i just feel empty, i think and my brain returns no results.”
Cause: No cause named; says life isn't terrible and nothing is wrong. Student (schoolwork), has a girlfriend.
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