side effects of being numb due to mental illness:
not crying for weeks and weeks on end until one day, you’re breaking down over something that isn’t actually worth getting upset about
not being able to tell if your feelings for people are platonic or romantic or if you’re just lonely
instead of caring too much, you don’t care at all about anything
not being able to process anything going on in your life and when you try, your brain stalls out
losing your train of thought every five seconds, so when you try to have a conversation, you have to pause and remember what you were trying to say
word vomiting
mind “static”
It’s normal for your symptoms to worsen when you get out of a bad situation. There are any number of reasons this can happen and they’re all valid.
This doesn’t mean you were better off in the situation. This doesn’t mean you’re weak. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure because you’re struggling with it now.
Edit: Going on a little tea and book store date with the cute trans guy that was hitting on me tomorrow :)
Got flirted with today and my brain just shut down.
I feel so disconnected from everything
26/Non-Binary/West Coast/ 21+ Minors DNI/ Lover of the sea and shelled creatures 🐢/ Enjoy my tortured screams into the void
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