A very blank mind and OCD

[MarcoAurelio_1370]

I'm a 52-year-old male who was diagnosed –and I was 100% sure that that diagnosis was right– with a Pure-O Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) psychiatric disorder since the age of 25. I have no family history of psychosis or schizophrenia.

My medical treatment for my OCD has included antidepressants and benzodiazepines, with no illegal drugs neither alcohol consumption.

However, my symptoms over the past few months are not related to my typical OCD symptoms. These new symptoms include emotional numbness, -almost- no thought process, lack of speech/language, since I haven’t anything to say, i.e., my mind is very blank, amnesia and cognitive impairment. No anxiety, no obsessions, no phobias, neither OCD symptoms. They have gone. I have not hallucinations neither delusions.

I have visited many doctors (endocrine, neurologists, psychiatrists), psychologists, I have done a lot of tests (blood and urine analysis, neurological tests) and they have no idea about this ‘very blank mind’ and its relationship with my ‘old OCD’. I wonder if someone has experienced to evolve his/her OCD to ‘a very blank mind’.

Thanks in advanced for your opinion(s) (and sorry for my English level, since I’m not a native guy).

[MidnightBriarRose]

Hi, MarcoAurelio,

I just came across your post and would like to give some thoughts and input on what you are experiencing. I, also, have OCD and I have dealt with this feeling of numbness, off and on, during different points in my life. And although I can’t speak for anyone else, for me, these feelings of “a blank mind” and “emotional numbness” sometimes happen when I have experienced a very upsetting life event, or I am on “emotional overload”, from being very troubled about something, or very troubled about multiple things, at the same time. And in the past, I always thought that this was just my own mind’s way of helping me to cope with what ever I was going through at the time.....like my mind’s way of protecting me from feeling the emotional pain of a very emotionally painful situation. And until recently, I had always just assumed that these feelings of numbness were just my own personality’s way of dealing with emotionally painful situations. But recently, I have read some other posts, in addition to yours, in another OCD Forum, where I read that there were people with OCD experiencing feelings of numbness, too. I am not a trained professional in OCD, but my own personal opinion of these feelings of numbness are that they are caused by a combination of emotional upset, over something of an emotionally painful nature that has happened and also from OCD, too. So my opinion on this is that it is the mind’s way, along with the OCD, of protecting you from feeling the emotional pain of something, either conscious or unconscious, that you are experiencing.

I hope my thoughts on this have been helpful to you. And I hope you are feeling better than you were. 🌿🌹🌿

[MarcoAurelio_1370 in reply to MidnightBriarRose]

I know what you mean, MidnightBriarRose but I wonder if your blankness and emotional numbness is 24/7. My 'very blank mind' is 24/7.

Thanks anyway for your comment!

[MidnightBriarRose in reply to MarcoAurelio_1370]

You are welcome! So maybe you are upset 24/7 and it is causing your blank mind and numbness? Only you can determine that, but maybe it is food for thought. But regardless of what the reason/s may be, I hope you find the answers you are looking for and feel better soon.

[pn-7128]

Hi

I have also been suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder since I was a child. I have been dealing with this problem for about 20 years. Several times my obsession was so severe that I had to go to a psychiatrist and take medication. Unfortunately, after a temporary recovery and discontinuation of the drug, my obsession gradually intensified. But I did not give up and the last time I was in a very bad condition, I went to a psychologist and on his advice, I also went to a psychiatrist and underwent psychotherapy and medication at the same time.

In this way, the medicine helps you to reduce the amount of your thoughts and you have the opportunity to take full control of your thoughts using psychological methods, so you can control your thoughts after stopping the medicine.

I feel much better now and I can say that my obsession is almost over. I suggest that you see a psychologist and a psychiatrist at the same time.

Also , I have written my experiences in the field of obsession in the form of an article. You can read if you wish. I hope it helps you.

This is the URL of the article :

english article :

5fdd1c56c507a.site123.me/bl...

persian article :

virgool.io/@pn.mkh.1371/obs...

[Rina12]

Hello dear,I think that maybe the meds are the cause of you emotional numbness, check what your taking and what are there side effects

[Tbrad12]

Hey I’m experiencing the same exact thing have been for a long time I’m so blank inside I had ocd and now it is just so much nothingness I am trying things but I don’t ever feel much inside I need help with it as well I’m here for the answers