[blankxi]

Please, please help me.
I cannot handle this blank mind anymore. I’ve lost everything good in my life because of it. My job, my friends, my family, my emotions. I can’t even feel simple anxiety. I’d rather feel depressed the rest of my life, as long as I had thoughts and emotion.
I was so happy when this blank mind started a year ago. So I don’t understand why this is happening to me. I’ve tried everything. Therapy, medications, vitamins, EMDR, not thinking about it for awhile, I even tried drugs again hoping it would spark some kind of thought/emotion. Literally nothing helps.

I really don’t want to die. But there is zero point to living this life if I can’t experience the simple joys of it, or even feel the bad parts of it. I’m crying so hard right now. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Please save me.

 

[C8H11NO3]

There’s time still.
I’ve tried to write a response but can’t articulate my thoughts right now.
If you’re reading this, you’re still here and still reaching out. I think that matters.
Sending good thoughts.

 

[leminaseri]

Please, please help me.
I cannot handle this blank mind anymore. I’ve lost everything good in my life because of it. My job, my friends, my family, my emotions. I can’t even feel simple anxiety. I’d rather feel depressed the rest of my life, as long as I had thoughts and emotion.
I was so happy when this blank mind started a year ago. So I don’t understand why this is happening to me. I’ve tried everything. Therapy, medications, vitamins, EMDR, not thinking about it for awhile, I even tried drugs again hoping it would spark some kind of thought/emotion. Literally nothing helps.

I really don’t want to die. But there is zero point to living this life if I can’t experience the simple joys of it, or even feel the bad parts of it. I’m crying so hard right now. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Please save me.

what kind of thoughts are you missing? i myself struggle for more than 1 year if i have this shit as well. but i can solve problems in my head, organize a lot, recall things, remember things. it is all foggy and lazy but my mind does function in day to day tasks.

but still there is something not like i was used to. there is lacking something. like, my mind is also 2d. do you mean this? or do you try to read an article in 10 hours? i dont get this

edit: if i conversate with friends and family i can recall and predict the whole conversation mostly better than they do although they are not mentally ill

 

[leminaseri]

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[lost235]

I have the exact same symptoms as you.. and to be honest I’ve been feeling the same way about life. So I have no idea how to fix it or what helps, because for me it keeps getting worse and I don’t know why. I’m nothing like myself anymore, and I walk around with no thoughts or emotions whatsoever. Still though I do have glimpses of emotions, where I realise that everything I feel is being pushed away to “protect” me. It’s just to overwhelming to feel anything for some reason. The blank mind is something I don’t understand tho, and makes life a complete nightmare.
The only advice I have is to not spend too much time on your phone or tv, and to try and write down what you’re doing everyday just to be more present and get some sort of structure in your brain.
I’m not sure anything I say will help, but just know that you’re definitely not alone. It is hard, but I think that you can fight through it. I hope some day I’ll have better advice to give! Wishing you all the best, take care,

 

[leminaseri]

I have the exact same symptoms as you.. and to be honest I’ve been feeling the same way about life. So I have no idea how to fix it or what helps, because for me it keeps getting worse and I don’t know why. I’m nothing like myself anymore, and I walk around with no thoughts or emotions whatsoever. Still though I do have glimpses of emotions, where I realise that everything I feel is being pushed away to “protect” me. It’s just to overwhelming to feel anything for some reason. The blank mind is something I don’t understand tho, and makes life a complete nightmare.
The only advice I have is to not spend too much time on your phone or tv, and to try and write down what you’re doing everyday just to be more present and get some sort of structure in your brain.
I’m not sure anything I say will help, but just know that you’re definitely not alone. It is hard, but I think that you can fight through it. I hope some day I’ll have better advice to give! Wishing you all the best, take care,

the same questions above to you.

 

[lost235]

the same questions above to you.

Mostly I just lack the general “natural” thoughts that one would have during the day. When I’m at school I just spend 99% of the time being on autopilot and not having a single thought in my head, same thing when I’m home. And it’s kind of just pointless to try and force the thoughts because as soon as I let go they just disappear again. It’s not so much brain fog, my mind just feels empty. And it’s so difficult sometimes to try and think of things to say, especially to think of things to say that I myself would say. Mostly the things I say feel like it’s coming from someone else. I’ll have moments where I can think quick to solve problems or recall things I’ve done, but most of the time it’s hard. It must be some sort of “trauma” response or smth. Do you struggle too with feeling like yourself? Are your emotions gone?

 

[leminaseri]

Mostly I just lack the general “natural” thoughts that one would have during the day. When I’m at school I just spend 99% of the time being on autopilot and not having a single thought in my head, same thing when I’m home. And it’s kind of just pointless to try and force the thoughts because as soon as I let go they just disappear again. It’s not so much brain fog, my mind just feels empty. And it’s so difficult sometimes to try and think of things to say, especially to think of things to say that I myself would say. Mostly the things I say feel like it’s coming from someone else. I’ll have moments where I can think quick to solve problems or recall things I’ve done, but most of the time it’s hard. It must be some sort of “trauma” response or smth. Do you struggle too with feeling like yourself? Are your emotions gone?

hmm okay but i just noticed, that i have those things as well but never have been focused on that, so i never did experience them as a threat or „symptom“. because when i watch a football game im 100% with the game. when i build a beat or play an instrument i know exactly how to act. so my mind never let me sit in situations where i need my mind. therefore i interprate my mental performance or skills as „ok“.

but i know exactly, i used to have much more things go on in my head. new challenges, meetings, important tasks and the list goes on. but if you dont have such a mental space to think about all of them, how do you expect your mind can play this through your head? maybe you dont have the power and capacity to think about all of that stuff at all? thats like expecting from someone who dont have legs, to do cardio. this is my view anyways.

yeah i have a very distorted sense of self but i feel there is remaining a bit of my personal self because this is my second time suffering with dp at my life. i realize very often the person i know comes out of myself and kicks a very funny joke or gets mad of his opponent at fifa .d

i do struggle with feeling emotions but since i take zoloft it got even worse. before i started zoloft i could cry very often to sad music or when i thought about my lovely girlfriend

 

[Ray46]

Maybe a Nad+ IV could help you… I’m looking forward to do one:

 

[Ray46]

What was the cause of your blank mind?

 

[coolwhip27]

See the thing is, your mind is not really blank. Otherwise you wouldn’t be thinking about it being so. Your thought is telling you that it is blank, and you are believing it. If your mind was blank you wouldn’t be worried and concerned about it, infact you’d probably be happy. What you need to do is shift focus, away from thoughts of having a blank mind to something else which makes you think that it is not blank.

You aren’t troubled because your mind is blank. You are troubled because you think it is

 

[leminaseri]

See the thing is, your mind is not really blank. Otherwise you wouldn’t be thinking about it being so. Your thought is telling you that it is blank, and you are believing it. If your mind was blank you wouldn’t be worried and concerned about it, infact you’d probably be happy. What you need to do is shift focus, away from thoughts of having a blank mind to something else which makes you think that it is not blank.

You aren’t troubled because your mind is blank. You are troubled because you think it is

finally, someone is speaking out this! im struggling for more than 1,5 years what this blank mind thing should be. like, of course, because of the dp your thinking and mental skills are distorted but if people say „blank mind“ i do think about a guy who stares for 3 hours at his phone and do nothing else.

blank mind is seen at severely psychotic people who come out of the psychotic episode and become depressed. they literally dont say anything the whole day and they even dont answer to day to day questions.

i have seen here people who claim to have no inner monologue, but they can hear in their head words and sentences. what else is the inner monologue? its the subvocalizing of the thoughts in your head.

 

[leminaseri]

but i know exactly, i used to have much more things go on in my head. new challenges, meetings, important tasks and the list goes on. but if you dont have such a mental space to think about all of them, how do you expect your mind can play this through your head? maybe you dont have the power and capacity to think about all of that stuff at all? thats like expecting from someone who dont have legs, to do cardio. this is my view anyways.

this is very important as well

 

[ithinkimighthaveddd]

Hi! I found these three videos that helped me a lot:

Depersonalization Symptoms: 10 Most Common (+ How To Deal With Them!) - YouTube

Depersonalization Recovery - 3 Things You NEED To Know! (2020) - YouTube

How To Get Over Depersonalization - YouTube

Hoping these videos can help you like they did for me. I wish you all the best!

 

[Dutchhighlander]

Maybe a Nad+ IV could help you… I’m looking forward to do one:

to0 good to be true?

 

[coolwhip27]

(eye roll) Please shut the fuck up, seriously. I’m so tired of people saying this. My mind is blank, period. I’m convinced people who have your mentality don’t have a single clue what we mean when we say “blank”.

If your mind really is blank, I’m not sure how you are continuing to complain about it. It’s a direct contradiction, face it. Am I supposed to feel bad for you? Toughen up, It’s not my fault you lack self awareness. Get over yourself, there’s no depressed people living in poverty complaining about their blank mind now is there? Lmao

 

[blankxi]

If your mind really is blank, I’m not sure how you are continuing to complain about it. It’s a direct contradiction, face it. Am I supposed to feel bad for you? Toughen up, It’s not my fault you lack self awareness. Get over yourself, there’s no depressed people living in poverty complaining about their blank mind now is there? Lmao

It’s not a contradiction, at all. If you simply don’t know what it is, then that’s your problem lol. Look it up or something idk what to tell you. People who actually have blank mind know exactly what I mean, and that’s all that matters to me. Your attempt to gaslight me isn’t gonna work. Try someone else. ✌🏼

 

[blankxi]

what a ** you are he just tried to give you a good advice. do you want a medal or a trophie for having a „real“ blank mind? fagass. how do you manage it to be such an asshole with a blank mind? blank mind blank mind blank mind everyone is talking about the same shit but no one can explain that.

“No one can explain it” - You ran straight into the point and somehow it still went over your head. But yeah you’re right Blank Mind is just an imaginary concept that thousands of people all collectively decided to make up for no reason! You cracked our code! Good job 🥇

 

[leminaseri]

“No one can explain it” - You ran straight into the point and somehow it still went over your head. But yeah you’re right Blank Mind is just an imaginary concept that thousands of people all collectively decided to make up for no reason! You cracked our code! Good job 🥇

no i do have the same symptoms as you but dont consider my mind as blank. there are memories, ideas, opinions and being able to write this one. this is for me enough to make the claim that my mind is not blank even though i struggle with the same issues as you

 

[blankxi]

im convinced people who have your mentality will never recover from being an asshole. this is much more important than recovering from any kind of mental illness. fagass

I’m only an asshole to people like you who don’t actually want to be productive/helpful and just attempt to try to make someone think their mental illness is in all in their head. You and the other person were not trying to give advice or be helpful, you were attempting to gaslight me and convince me my experience isn’t real. And it was transparent as fuck lol.

no i do have the same symptoms as you but dont consider my mind as blank. there are memories, ideas, opinions and being able to write this one. this is for me enough to make the claim that my mind is not blank even though i struggle with the same issues as you

So you just tried to insinuate that I was making all this up in my head with your “you say u have this but u can’t explain it” statement.. and then 2 seconds later say “i have the same issues as you”. The math isn’t adding up. When people say “Blank Mind” OBVIOUSLY we don’t mean we’re fucking brain dead. and you know that. So what is your goal in saying “i have these issues and i’m fine ”… THATS why I’m being an asshole, because you weren’t trying to help at all. You were trying to gaslight me to make yourself feel better about your OWN situation.

Again, people who actually have blank mind know exactly what I’m talking about and understand me. So your attempt to make me feel crazy or that I’m alone in this will not work. Save it.