Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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“So here we are 5 months later. As for stuff that's improved, my mind is it's regular chaotic self ... I really only just have two issues left. My existential ocd and my emotional numbness”
Cause
r/dpdr first-person OP u/Wildfire_0703 (posts 1w2h7v5 + 1wlejre 2026-09-20; also 1ws7spf 2026-09-28): 23-year-old; DPDR after a severe panic attack on top of a build-up of job overwork, a grandmother slowly dying, mother's surgery and sister moving out. Symptoms listed: blank mind, emotional numbness, anhedonia, loss of identity, feeling trapped in head, time distortion, vision issues, existential OCD.
Duration
~5 months at Aug 30 and Sep 20 posts; emotional numbness still present at ~6 months (Sep 28 post asking when numbness lifts)
Recovery notes
Blank mind resolved ('my mind is its regular chaotic self'), derealization, head pressure, brain fog and personality returned; self-rated 50–70% better at 5 months, then 80% healed. Emotional numbness and existential OCD were the last symptoms left. Credits sleep, PHP then IOP therapy (acceptance, not fearing/fighting it), getting off the subreddit, distraction; Lexapro 'helped a bit'; vitamin D/magnesium no noticeable effect.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/dpdr/comments/1w2h7v5/5_month_update/

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