Everything in your life is fine but you still feel a void inside. It feels like you are missing something. From outside, you are having fun and it’s all good, but inside is a different thing.
It happens more often than people say it. I’ll note down the main reasons and the solutions.
What does Feeling Empty look like?
Feeling empty is not sadness. It’s rather absence of feelings.
It is also not depression because depression is constant feeling of sadness.
Feeling empty is more like having a lack of connection with yourself and with everything else.
Sadness in general is pain but Emptiness is the absence of emotions. In emotional numbness, we experience painful loss of emotions, not an absence like feeling empty.
You can read Emotional Numbness in detail.
Signs
- Everything feels boring
- Nothing excites you
- Achievements feel dull
- You feel disconnected from others
- Time passes without a meaning
- You don’t feel deeply happy or sad
Reasons
Emotional Suppression
Shutting down emotions and forcing them to be suppressed.
No Control
You live without a presence of self and don’t try to have a self control.
Lack of meaning
You don’t find a clear meaning in doing things, although you might still find some pleasure in things.
Burnout
You are mentally exhausted but don’t even realize it.
Identity Disconnection
You don’t try to shape your identity and work on yourself to become who you always wanted to be.
Depression?
Sometimes it is, and sometimes it is not.
Solution
Stop numbing yourself
Always sitting at home, scrolling, watching tv and doing nothing productive. This makes your situation way worse.
Feel Emotions
instead of runnig from emotions, feel them. Name your emotions and let them come.
Find Values
Look for meaning in small things.
Mental problems are not a weakness but only a hurdle. As long as you keep trying, there’s no problem big enough to stop you forever.