mooshoo wrote:I have struggled with depression since I was a teenager, and maybe before that. I'm kind of sick of the depression. Yesterday I started to question if it has been emptiness that I have been confusing with depression. Depression and Emptiness feel a lot alike. But is there a subtle difference between the two? Or does the depression stem from the emptiness and lack of identity?
...i guess it depends on what sort of depression it is ? i've also had problems with depression since i was very young, sorry you're in the same place with that.
CTandMT wrote:Emptiness is a hall-mark feature of BPD
"A feeling of emptiness is an unhappy or frightening feeling that nothing is worthwhile, especially when you have just experienced something upsetting"
Emptiness in BPD is more connected to shame and feeling worthless, but also relates to lack of real identity.
That's kind of funny, (not funny as in laughing at anyone, funny like ironic, etc.) cause the feeling that nothing is worthwhile, everything is pointless and nothing is going to be right is quite true to a depressed sort of empty for me.
but at the same time, on a personal level, i don't really care if i have a sense of identity(tho i think in some ways i do,) and its not frightening at all, and never happens after something upsetting, tho if i dwell on it for too long can be pretty miserable in itself.
for me its a lot more "###$ it, there is no point." or before it was always just a thought at the back of my mind that i know something was just not right, or missing somehow, and couldn't put my finger on what... except now i know, so its a lot more like the above.
but i dont feel worthless or ashamed. but it does cause "dysthymia" - which is mostly there even when i am feeling cheerful.
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