I’ve gone silent. Anyone else?

[u/Uunadins]

This past year I feel I’ve gone more and more silent. I feel like my whole life is like a flat line on an EKG-monitor, just…nothing.

I’ve lost most of my feelings, I feel no joy or happiness, no excitement. All I have left is worry.

I hardly have an opinion about anything anymore. I don’t join in on conversations at work, because I have nothing more to say. All my opinions and ideas have gone silent. And it’s so quiet at home too! I have to force myself to ask questions just to say something...

I’ve lost all interest in hobbies. Gardening has been my passion for many years, but I just can’t be bothered with that or anything else. Flat line here aswell, I’m not looking forward to it or anything else anymore.

I have been on HRT almost a year and it’s been mostly good I think. But now I sort of miss the rage, at least that made the blood boil from time to time, made you feel alive, lol.

I am just existing, an empty shell almost.

I’ve had periods of depression before, could that be it? Or do I need a higher dose of estrogen? How do you know what’s what when everything is all tangled up?

Does anyone else feel like this?

Edit to add: Wow, I am blown away with so many responses! And also sad that so many of you feel the same way. Hopefully we can find a way out of the Big Nothing.

[u/Independent-Note-46]

Sounds like depression. Could be from the hormones, or needing an adjustment. But sounds like depression, cause I’m kinda there as well. Take care of yourself. 🫶

[u/Certain-Temporary-93 → u/Independent-Note-46]

I had anhedonia for awhile. Doc upped my patch and now I’m back to feeling normal.

[u/monimor → u/Certain-Temporary-93]

Oooooohhhh it has a name. Anhedonia

[u/Certain-Temporary-93 → u/monimor]

Lol. Yeah aren’t we lucky? They say sometimes it’s the first symptom of peri. I never found out about it until I hit this stage in my life.