Hey y’all, I’m not sure if this is a bipolar thing or not but let me explain: late last year, I had a pretty intense manic episode that lasted for a couple months and the depression hit heavy around beginning of January. Ever since the manic episode, however, I noticed that I’ve become socially blank. I’ve had social anxiety all my life and I don’t consider myself a terribly interesting person so I used to be limited in my responses when talking to people, but now it’s like I have absolutely zero to say. Other than “oh, that’s nice” or “cool” and similar responses, my brain is totally blank in a conversation. I’ve been losing friends because I became so dry over text/in-person and it takes me like 10 minutes wracking my brain to even come up with a dry ass response. My parents have noticed because I went from talking to them a lot to being silent all the time… again, because I’ve lost my inner monologue and keep drawing blanks. 

Has anyone had this happen to them?? It’s been months now and I haven’t seen any changes, even after going on medication. It’s really impacting my ability to connect with anyone and I’m honestly pretty depressed because of it. If anyone has had a similar experience and got better, I would love to know how.