Emotional blunting is common in depression and bipolar disorder, even after symptoms ease
www.psypost.org
Recovering from depression doesn’t always mean feeling things fully again. In a study of 106 patients on antidepressants, emotional blunting was less common among patients in remission but still affected 45% of them.

I read this article after being posted in “the other place”, within the comments there was this very insightful and thought provoking comment. I will post it in the comments, I thought it was worthy of us all.

  • digdig@piefed.socialEnglish
    31·
    4 days ago

    I have a meditation/Bhuddist background.

    This was purely a helpful, don’t have to suggest anything informational.

    I had to drop out of this stuff because I was focusing on the thing that was harming me.

    There is no harm in silence, there is harm in avoidance.