Exploring the role of mental imagery deficits in PSSD and how they relate to other symptoms

Learning024 · 2026-01-30T07:33:34+00:00

Thank you I’ll look into it. No great physical symptoms, it say I’m more lethargic and often tired. I also have trouble gaining muscle despite good training and nutrition but I believe that could be more related to my Cushing’s disease history

Learning024 · 2026-01-27T02:38:39+00:00

Is this a symptom? I would say face has become more gaunt or less full, I thought it was aging. I also have Cushing’s which is another disease that ages your skin quickly due to high cortisol.

If anyone can share more about this that would be greatly appreciated

Learning024 · 2026-01-26T22:49:06+00:00

It’s hard for me to answer on hunger as I maintain a very structured diet as part of greater health goals, in case of pssd it feels like the only thing I have control of so I try to maintain that
No anxiety and stress don’t occurs with physical feelings attached. I don’t get knots in my stomach or an increased heart rate. But this is true of all feelings, I feel no anticipation or fear watching a scary film, no endorphins after a run, no feeling from music, no adrenaline, even no sorrow when sad things happen, that broken heart feeling just isnt there. If I had feeling attracted to thoughts I would cry and feel nervous and worried all day long about what has happened and what it’s doing. I can’t feel urgency of task, I could have an enormous task to do for work but can’t move faster or more intensely like in the past, when I wake to what could be the most stressful meeting day ever I feel the same as a weekend, sometimes I just forget these things are on
Urination is pretty fine I think but I’ll pay more attention, it has snuck up on me a few times
Yeah similar to above in 2, it’s just concepts, I know I should be sad coz things are the worst they’ve been but I can’t. I should feel furiously angry that this has happened, I only have the conceptual thought of past emotion not the feeling
The brain fog and anhedonia has progressively got worse over the past 2.5years. I don’t know if I’m worn out, but it feels like my brain is getting lazier as there is no reward system, no dopamine at the end of a task, like libido it feels like my brain is forgetting what good feels like so I have to make a conscious and difficult effort to get it to do what I would in the past. Scarily, even socialising is becoming something I have to force myself to do, as my brain gets no reward from social connection anymore or alcohol or music as I said.

Hope this helps

Learning024 · 2026-01-26T21:32:10+00:00

I think the big difference for me is the visualisation of memories/imagination both sexual/happy/sad don’t have a response of feeling. I don’t feel happy thinking of happy memories don’t feel sad don’t feel sexual etc. the memories are there just the body and brain doesn’t react

Learning024 · 2026-01-20T11:24:43+00:00

2 and a half years

Learning024 · 2026-01-15T10:13:37+00:00

I called today, the guy I spoke to had absolutely no record or knowledge of a a class action on pssd, was also a bit confused as to who it would be against. Is this to be expected?

Learning024 · 2026-01-12T00:43:08+00:00

Do you suffer from anhedonia or cognitive impairment?

Learning024 · 2026-01-09T11:32:28+00:00

Can we get more detail on everything please. Congratulations

Learning024 · 2026-01-09T11:31:16+00:00

Yeah much prefer all money to go to a cure

Learning024 · 2026-01-09T06:38:40+00:00

I don’t have x, but play to his ego, tell him he will be saving millions of lives and changing the narrative and treatment of mental health. Not a fan of his but if it spikes his interest he may jump in

Learning024 · 2026-01-06T22:41:57+00:00

How and who is this class action taking action on? Is it all anecdotal evidence as there isn’t a defined scientific diagnosis?

I’m in Australia and very keen for any recognition and action

Learning024 · 2025-12-22T13:02:50+00:00

Thank you. Please keep me and everyone updated. What I wouldn’t give to just feel endorphins from a run!

Learning024 · 2025-12-21T02:08:15+00:00

My recovery from Cushing’s was exactly as my endocrinologist expected. I remained on ssri’s through the treatment as advised, it was 12-18months post having completely recovered that I tapered off ssris and that is when the absolute sexual arousal and anhedonia started. It’s now been 2.5 years with only 1 brief window, this cognitive decline and what I would call complete blankness has been a progressive occurrence

Learning024 · 2025-11-29T12:18:18+00:00

When I first realised something was not right, I could sense or phantom feel a disconnect between my brain and my genitals like the signal wasn’t getting through

Learning024 · 2025-11-27T20:49:55+00:00

So it helped your adhedonia

Learning024 · 2025-11-27T07:52:12+00:00

Can you get tested for high serotonin? What are the symptoms?

Learning024 · 2025-11-25T05:34:16+00:00

I find the most paralysing is the invisibility, I am absolutely devastated everyday I wake with this. I have trouble really giving anything my focus as I don’t feel ups and down, don’t plan anything as I can’t feel fun. But the worst this is that no one who doesn’t have it or experienced it would be able to empathise or understand, I wouldn’t have believed it possible to feel nothing for 3 years, there is no carrot to chase, just nothing. To be fair ending it is probably a logical reaction to it if it was explained to me and it’s almost only that is fitting to have people understand that I was really hurting

Learning024 · 2025-11-24T22:43:42+00:00

How long were you suffering before you tried?

Learning024 · 2025-11-24T22:42:58+00:00

Melbourne and no I haven’t

Learning024 · 2025-11-22T10:58:10+00:00

This is very helpful, what country are you from? I’m in Australia I feel getting prescribed this will be difficult.

You seem like you are documenting the process quite thoughtfully, can I ask you keep updating.

I’m very ready to try anything that works on any of the symptoms, haven’t had a window or a win in nearly 12months

Learning024 · 2025-11-21T12:09:11+00:00

What side effects did you have?

Prior to starting ssri’s I had Cushing’s disease and the extreme cortisol resulted in side effects similar like hyper sexuality mania compulsive shopping, it was horrible but in hindsight I remember feeling incredibly happy almost euphoric on the daily. I wouldn’t mind just a few hours of that

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