A persistent sense of emptiness can indicate loneliness ... This withdrawal further deepens feelings of loneliness. Lonely individuals often engage in excessive overthinking. They dwell on past ...

It can often emerge ‘out of nowhere’ with no particular cause. Psychologists define this feeling of emptiness as a complex, negative emotional state that is experienced in different ways by ...

Shame and emptiness can create a sense of isolation and rejection ... It can convince us that we’re doomed, sentenced by others to a lonely prison that we create. We become both persecutor and victim, ...