“Neurologically blank is right on (for me,also). Apathy, anhedonia, and all of the rest do not quite hit it like "the electricity is just not flowing" does. Have tried everything to get the electricity flowing. Just blank. Not exactly void. More like a nuclear meltdown landscape, or a spot on a yard that got gasoline poured on it, and it does not seem to be coming back like Chernobyl is. … Ketamine helped at least relax my brain stem and midbrain for a couple of hours, but still the "nothing happening up here" constantly.”
“Any recovery from blank mind / no emotions ? ... I can't even feel my old anxiety/ depression. ... I have complete memory loss my mind is blank I used to have really complex thoughts and be smart and…”
Cause: r/TBI first-person OP User049503 (post 1ax6y5n): post-TBI → blank mind / no emotions; can't feel old anxiety/depression…
View case →“I am experiencing anhedonia, loss of emotion, and blank mind after my concussion. Also my eyes dart around when I try to sleep making it hard to get to sleep and stay asleep. I think it’s nystagmus.…”
Cause: r/TBI first-person OP u/Comfortable_Ad_7292 (post z66gkw): post-concussion/TBI → anhedonia, loss of emotion, and blank…
View case →“So I just feel neurologically blank. It doesn't even feel like apathy or anhedonia, even though those are part of it, but it just feels like I have no emotions and my brain isn't producing anything.…”
Cause: r/TBI first-person OP u/KnownLingonberry11 (post 15uxsue): ~2 months post-TBI → neurologically blank / empty skull + no…
View case →“My mind is completely blank, i can’t sleep, i have no appetite, i can’t feel happiness, no interest in anything.”
Cause: r/TBI first-person OP u/Extension_Spend_6649 (post 1jymlwm; age 23): childhood baseball-bat skull fracture at age 3 + t…
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