I think my mind is abnormally blank quite often. Does anyone else experience blank mindedness and is this a symptom of sz?
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normal/muggles have ’ blank ’ minds too.
take care
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How do they function, because I can’t function like this?
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It is sometimes an effect of the medicine you take.
My mind is abnormally blank now too. It used to be a lot more active.
My was a blank slate on haldol decanoate shots. Had a silly grin on my face, but nothing inside my head.
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muggles, have days when they don’t function…i.e my sister in law had a ’ blank mind day ’ and forgot to put the hand brake on.
you just have to push through and hope tomorrow is a better day !
take care
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My mind is blank all day. Literally almost no auditory thoughts only have them for 5-10minutes. But for 3 days my auditory thoughts came back 24/7 and I missed having a blank mind.
I’m not on meds at the moment and my mind is blank a lot of the time. I’ll try to form a thought and it just won’t piece together. So coming up with concepts and ideas is a pain in the ass sometimes.
Also, thought blocking sucks. Like when your thinking of something and all of the sudden it all drops out of your head and there nothing left but the last couple words you said or thought of.
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Thought blocking or as I some to feel, the wipe is a symptom. I think I know what I’m going to say or do and then it’s like a big wiper just came and wiped that though right out of my head and slipped another one in it’s place.
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Recently I have this blank mind quite often, now for example, no real thoughts come to my mind and I have nothing to write.
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I would sit at the computer and just stare at it. Its like I have no thougts or interests to browse on the internet. It really saddens me that my mind is so empty.
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Hi
Maybe do things you like and enjoy now. Maybe this mind state can free you to do something you really like without an overactive brain to deal with.
blank mind is getting me pretty good today and yesterday. maybe the holidays did me in, not sure. I just feel slow, lack thought. lack motivation
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Ive had this symptom for a very long time and I didnt even realize it was a symptom of sz. I thought it was just a sign of unintelligence. Sometimes I try to force myself to think but its really hard for me to focus. I dont know if reading and writing more would be helpful. Sometimes after reading something I try to ask myself what my opinion is on it. Once in a while I come up with something but alot of the time I get a blank mind. Has anyone found anything that is helpful with this symptom?
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it eventually passes for me. ill sometimes drink a lot of coffee to get my mind/body moving, doesnt always work. sometimes music helps.
its a confusing piece of the mental illness puzzle for me.
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i like having a blank mind sometimes, i like having no opinions sometimes, like i dont need a thought about absolutely everything but at the same time when there is nothing there at all i get what you are saying
its a much different feeling than simply no thoughts or opinion about something.
its more like theres a wall thats been put up. and being frozen , almost feeling like you have to tell your body to move instead of just on instinct of doing so.
i love not thinking when ive had a hard day of work 
i more or less see the blank mind feeling as the aftermath of having a far too active mind (psychosis)
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guess it could be a mix of sedative and anxiety 
i’ve had it, blunted affect too, no feelings or emotions etc
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Funny how my mind goes blank only during periods when access to memories is the goal at hand. On top of that, when this happens, the entire mid area of the top of my head goes completely numb. It also has a horrible feeling to it. Anyhow, when this happens, I can jab a fingernail into my scalp in that area and feel absolutely nothing at all.
However, if I put up a fight and gain access to the memory that I was after, the numbness vanishes.