So the last few weeks have been pretty rough due to several deaths and recovering from surgery, but now I just have this weird empty feeling. Before, my head was full of thoughts whirling around like a tornado but now it just feels completely empty. I find myself just staring at a wall or the tv and it feels like I'm on automatic pilot just carrying on with life but I'm not really interested. Does anybody else feel like this or have I finally lost it?
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Weird Empty Feeling
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You've been through a really tough time.... Try do do whatever you can to just sooth yourself. Music, lighting candles, maybe try baking something with some cinnamon in it. Trying to get those senses going again will help too.
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Thank you @She Cat I'll try that x
I'm a supporter here, not a sufferer, but I've suffered from severe depression all my life and I know the feeling you describe very well.
I wouldn't interpret it as "completely losing it." I think it's a self protection mechanism wherein your brain just had enough and needs to stop - emptiness is an okay feeling to have. What's most important during times like these, I've found, is to not over-interpret the feeling. There is something quite elemental and present about an "empty" feeling, and it's something to take note of, taste, experience, and just let be. The more we let our emotions be (or not be, in this case) as they are, the easier they will wax and wane. And the more we latch onto them, interpret them, resist them, the more they stick around and become our reality. With practice we can see how transient all our emotional states are - from emptiness to anxiety, happiness and joy. They come and go, disappear and return. Being able to relax with whatever emotional state we find ourselves in, observe it, make friends with it, and let it be is probably one of the most valuable things we can learn when dealing with depression and any "disorder."
I wouldn't interpret it as "completely losing it." I think it's a self protection mechanism wherein your brain just had enough and needs to stop - emptiness is an okay feeling to have. What's most important during times like these, I've found, is to not over-interpret the feeling. There is something quite elemental and present about an "empty" feeling, and it's something to take note of, taste, experience, and just let be. The more we let our emotions be (or not be, in this case) as they are, the easier they will wax and wane. And the more we latch onto them, interpret them, resist them, the more they stick around and become our reality. With practice we can see how transient all our emotional states are - from emptiness to anxiety, happiness and joy. They come and go, disappear and return. Being able to relax with whatever emotional state we find ourselves in, observe it, make friends with it, and let it be is probably one of the most valuable things we can learn when dealing with depression and any "disorder."
Gs172003
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I'm there too. My brain doesn't want to work anymore. It's on strike lol
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Thank you @Hojay that makes sense. Just difficult to deal with such extremes x
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Lol its such a strange feeling isn't it! Ha ha I like that description actually :p
Gs172003
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Glad to be of service friend!
loner mcdonald
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no just how you feel go thru that shit and a whole lot more. just keep putting one foot in front of the other. just try do the best you can. god bless you all. i have to go cant read any more of these stories some times they f*ck with me real bad. i know what a lot of you go thru and it breaks my heart i cant help you. hell i cant even help myself. i hope you all the best. may god bless you all. take care every body. loner
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I'm really sorry I didn't mean to upset you. Thank you for ur reply. I hope u are ok xx
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