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84-mike-lifeafterect-no-thoughts-no-feelings
Open original source ↗“I don't have feelings, no emotional connections and any dreams…I'm just caught in a damaged brain. … the worst thing is that I don't have any thoughts–I'm totally apathetic when I'm alone. My psychiatrist told me that's because of my depression but that's bullshit.”
- Cause
- 15 ECT treatments (~1 year before Aug 2022 post); Switzerland. Poster attributes destroyed short-term memory, cognitive collapse, loss of feelings/emotional connections/dreams, and absence of thoughts/apathy when alone to ECT brain damage. Rejects psychiatrist's claim that no-thoughts state is depression.
- Duration
- ~1 year post-ECT at Aug 2022 writing; no improvement claimed
- Recovery notes
- Waiting daily for brain to recover; none at 1 year. Cannot read books (previously completed master's exams). Isolated; doctors/family don't believe brain-damage frame. No recovery claimed.