Author: u/Decaopik
Open original source ↗“I just feel blank... My mind is blank. I am emotionless. I am a shell of myself... I can't string thoughts together. I can't engage with my kids. I can't do anything besides sit with an empty mind.”
“for over 2 years now I have been stuck in what feels like extreme disassociation. I feel completely detatched from my emotions and personality. My mind is just blank without an internal monologue and…”
Cause: Writer's own explanation changed over time: long COVID / extreme dissociation (r/covidlonghaulers, Feb and May 2024), t…
View case →“Severe anhedonia, sexual dysfunction, and legit feel fucking brain damaged and with a blank mind 6 months in. I swear “it” even got smaller. It’s really scary and depressing. Just don’t feel like mys…”
Cause: r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/EntrepreneurOk9821 (post 1dn0m82): Life’s ruined.. BOTH blank-mind + numb/anhedoni…
View case →“What dose would yall recommend and for how long? Struggling with devilish anhedonia and blank mind (other neuro issues too but those two are the worst) that appeared out nowhere and don't seem to be…”
Cause: r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/Ok-Web-3957 (post 1uz6b0j): Nicotine patches. BOTH blank-mind + numb/anhedonia pol…
View case →“And how did it impact the physical symptoms like exercise intolerance? These symptoms are highly refractory to intervention (MAOI didnt work, drugs are blocked) and completely debilitating take away…”
Cause: r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/slowness80 (post 1l5snji): Has anyone considered ECT? For mental symptoms like Anh…
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