Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
PartialBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/anhedonia2 posts by one person

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Author: u/Lostaftersummer

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“I also have a pretty severe emotional numbing : I can’t feel fear, irritation or anger anymore... I don’t do much rumination and my mind is mostly blank.”
Cause
r/anhedonia first-person OP u/Lostaftersummer (posts f7wnl8, fhp27z): sudden onset after severe health scare (Sep–Oct) resolved but mental symptoms worsened — total anhedonia (food/hobbies) + severe emotional numbing + mind mostly blank. Tried Cymbalta/Buspar/Wellbutrin/Celexa without help (tremors worse). Later attributed improvement to 6 ECT sessions.
Duration
~4 months blank+numb at Feb 2020 post; ECT ~2 weeks later (Mar 2020 update)
Recovery notes
Mar 2020 follow-up fhp27z: after 6 ECT sessions 'got some of my feelings back'. Original thread linked. No later verified full recovery in these posts.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/comments/f7wnl8/

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  1. reddit.com/r/anhedoniaopNot recovered
    “total anhedonia including food and my hobbies. I also have a pretty severe emotional numbing... my mind is mostly blank.”
    Cause:
    sudden onset post severe stress/health scare
    Recovery notes:
    At f7wnl8: 4 months ongoing; ADs not helping.

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  2. reddit.com/r/anhedoniaopPartial
    “I went through 6 ECT and got some of my feelings back”
    Cause:
    same stress-onset cluster; update after ECT
    Recovery notes:
    6 ECT → some feelings returned.

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