“My default mental state is an empty mind. Not anxiety, not racing thoughts, just blank. No spontaneous internal monologue. If I want to think about something, I have to actively pull it up. Thoughts do not seem to arise on their own. Emotionally, I feel stuck around a constant 5 out of 10. … Achievements do almost nothing for me. I got my degree and felt nothing. … People in my life who I know genuinely love me do not feel emotionally close to me … When I used cannabis, that changed too. … I do not just feel high. I feel how I imagine normal people are supposed to feel. … Then it wears off, and I return to the same flat baseline.”
“Im experiencing a blank mind, no spontaneous thoughts , loss of thought process , loss of inner monologue, no motivation , no libido , alogia (can't speak), loss in visualisation, no imagination , lo…”
Cause: r/anhedonia first-person OP Healthy_Reserve5815 (post 16hvhdq): symptom cluster blank mind / no spontaneous thoughts /…
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Cause: r/anhedonia first-person OP u/cheesekransky12 (post 1dbmioe): cognitive blank mind as result of anhedonia — very little…
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Cause: r/anhedonia first-person OP u/Holiday-Permit-4582 (post 1k1piyb): after 1 month duloxetine then worsened after 7 days c…
View case →“Onset - Tbi Month 1 - 3 - severe dpdr anhedonia with substance block blank mind visual snow dysphoria deer in headlights glassy eyes no feelings of sleep hunger uncomfortable just existing actively s…”
Cause: r/anhedonia first-person OP u/RegularPurpose8960 (post 1vkmlgh): TBI. Clear BOTH blank mind + numb/anhedonia/no emotion…
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