Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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Author: u/Traditional-Bag-9177

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“I've already reached a point where I would consider my mind as being blank. There still popping random concepts and memories. It's not entirely gone. But very very very diminished. … Same goes to the inner voice I've navigated through my inner world.”
Cause
r/anhedonia first-person OP u/Traditional-Bag-9177 (post 1x90mcy): 33M with long DPDR history; sertraline from 2021 helped; ultra-slow taper over ~5 years from 100 mg to ~6.52 mg; ~33 days after last micro-reduction (6.8→6.52 mg) developed forehead/neuropathic burning then progressive blank mind (diminished inner voice/music/hypnagogia, near-blank cognition). Title lists blank mind + anhedonia + severe emotional numbness. Writer weighs delayed sertraline withdrawal vs chronic stress/PSSD fear; still on ~6.6 mg. Sister posts 1x9dg43/1x9tk0w confirm blank mind/anhedonia framing.
Duration
~1 month at Oct 18–19 2026 posts (onset after last micro-taper hold); still on microdose sertraline
Recovery notes
Considering further updose vs hold at 6.6 mg per tapering communities. Asking about DBS early (1x9dg43/1x9tk0w). Cries daily (1x9rdgy) while blank mind persists. No recovery claimed.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/comments/1x90mcy/

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