Christopher J. Hopwood

Dec 12, 2024 | psyche.co | Christopher J. Hopwood

Emotional ‘emptiness’ is a damaging, underexplored phenomenon. Better understanding it could help steer people to fulfilmentIt is not difficult to imagine feeling mentally overstuffed. Your thoughts race, your emotions surge, and you might do things such as lash out at people you care about, cry uncontrollably or make decisions you wouldn’t have made if you’d thought them through. Most people have felt this way at least once in their lives, usually during periods of intense stress.