I feel brain-dead

[Jalinta]

I don't even know, this probably won't make much sense I'm sorry but I just don't really know what's going on at the moment.

I just feel, well nothing really. Kind of numb, but more like I'm just slowly turning into some mindless zombie. I just can't concentrate on anything, and thinking coherently seems kind of impossible. I have exams in a few weeks and I can't get myself to study because when I try I just zone out and cannot come up with a simple answer to practise questions easily. And I don't know why all of a sudden this is happening since I've been top of most of my classes all year.

I just feel like I don't really care about anything anymore. I used to be really sad and angry because I'd drifted from all my close friends and felt abandoned and lonely and lost, but now I can't even bring myself to care - even about those who are still here which is horrible of me.

Sometimes I have sparks of feeling normal where I can do some work for 20-30 minutes before I crash and succumb to watching countless TV episodes. I feel like I'm in this almost sleep-like state as if I can't wake up from some daydream.

I'm supposed to be applying for jobs for the Christmas holidays but most of the time I'll chicken out at the last minute and decide I'm too scared to go hand my resume in. I'm just drawing into myself more and more and I don't know what to do, because avoiding other people is not helping my feelings of loneliness.

This is a bit all over the place and kind of longish I'm sorry, I don't really know where I was going with it, but I guess I was just wondering if it's so strange to feel like this? And if anyone else has and if it'll go away soon..

[queenofcontrariety]

I went through basically the same thing a couple weeks ago, and for me it was just being under an insane amount of stress forced me to take a step back. All I can say is push through it. For me it was on and off for like two weeks, and then I was cycling from one extreme to the other. You may not care about anything right now but find some kind of emotion because the emptiness is terrifying. Personally I cried a lot, not that a recommend that but it is nice to feel something again. And make sure you sleep a lot, I was in bed by like 8 on nights where I could, your system just has to refresh your emotions so hang in there

[Dalcourt]

I feel like that a lot, it usually happens when I went through a period of great stress...the only thing that helps me us to rest for some time it usually helps but not always...sometimes it just goes away after some time on its own.
Sorry for not providing a better solution, but I'm still looking for one myself.

[Karkat]

This sounds like depression or burnout, maybe both. A lot of people go through this- I currently am, and I've been dealing with it on and off for the past 5 or so years.