diff --git a/code/datums/components/psionics/psiblock_drugs.dm b/code/datums/components/psionics/psiblock_drugs.dm
index 5d94738764b..9d385adb854 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/psionics/psiblock_drugs.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/psionics/psiblock_drugs.dm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(minister, SPAN_BAD("Why should you care how [ministree] feels?"))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 /datum/component/timed_life/psiblock_drugs/proc/modify_ministry_receiving(ministree, minister, moodlet_value)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(ministree, SPAN_BAD("You feel nothing from [minister]'s words."))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 /datum/component/timed_life/psiblock_drugs/proc/modify_leadership_empathy(leader, moodlet_value)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(leader, SPAN_BAD("Why should you care about how others feel?"))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 
 /datum/component/timed_life/psiblock_drugs/process(seconds_per_tick)
diff --git a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/mind_blanker.dm b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/mind_blanker.dm
index d431215c6fb..a6f2cff8e91 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/mind_blanker.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/mind_blanker.dm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(minister, SPAN_BAD("Why should you care how [ministree] feels?"))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/augment/bioaug/mind_blanker/proc/modify_ministry_receiving(ministree, minister, moodlet_value)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(ministree, SPAN_BAD("You feel nothing from [minister]'s words."))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/augment/bioaug/mind_blanker/proc/modify_leadership_empathy(leader, moodlet_value)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		return
 
 	to_chat(leader, SPAN_BAD("Why should you care about how others feel?"))
-	*moodlet_value = 0
+	*moodlet_value = *moodlet_value * 0.5
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/augment/bioaug/mind_blanker_lethal
 	name = "lethal mind blanker"
diff --git a/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-mindblanker-tweaks.yml b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-mindblanker-tweaks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c716ab2b1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-mindblanker-tweaks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+author: Hellfirejag
+delete-after: True
+changes:
+  - balance: "Tweaked the empathy penalty from mindblankers and PsiProtect drugs to only cut the morale modifiers from Ministry and Leadership in half, rather than fully negate them."