Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
Not recoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers

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“Complete emotional flatness/deadness. I have had no emotions or any type of feeling whatsoever… Blank mind, blank head… my head feels utterly blank and empty… Completely thoughtless or very very few thoughts, no automatic thoughts generated. My internal monologue has been pretty much gone…”
Cause
r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/thatguy20661 (post rzgfse): title and body explicit blank head + complete emotional flatness/deadness. Cause uncertain in OP—shares long-COVID-like cluster but unsure ever had COVID; notes onset “a couple months after stopping my SSRI” (few months on). Unused BOTH (≠ AAA_battery/Ses1234ses/harrowedpossum long-COVID cluster). Mixed attribution COVID-possible vs SSRI-cessation.
Duration
~10 months at Jan 2022 post
Recovery notes
No recovery claimed; severe distress / SI framing; seeking answers (tumor vs degenerative vs COVID vs SSRI stop).
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/rzgfse/i_feel_like_im_dying_on_the_verge_of_suicide/

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