Feeling Empty?

[Guest Sara N]

Anyone ever feel…how should I describe it?...empty? Like nothing holds your interest, you don’t feel like talking to anyone, doing anything, thinking, even eating or daily routines. Like you just want to sit or lie down and do nothing for the whole day. That’s basically how I’m feeling at the moment. Forcing myself to do trivial things. I don’t know. It’s like I’m an empty shell at the moment. Lately I've been feeling tired and it's only been getting wose. Hopefully it’ll go away soon.

~Sara

[Guest NatalieRene]

Yes that sounds like clinical depression. I would talk with your therapist about how you are feeling and if you don't have one get one.

You need to work out on finding what it making you feel depressed and come to terms with it. Has anything made you upset or sad lately or been bothering you?

[Guest ~Brenda~]

Dearest Sara,

How long have you been feeling like this? Typically, this feeling is due to overwork and exhaustion. Not getting enough sleep for an extended period of time can make one feel disengaged from the world.

If you want to talk, you can PM me sweetie

Love

Brenda

[Guest LightNebula]

I feel that way most of the time. I hope it'll go away soon for you.

[Guest Sara N]

This empty feeling just started when I woke up today. The whole being tired has been going on for a month though there are days when I get by energy back. I really attribute it to my erratic sleep schedule and being overall inactive physically for years. I just think the long term effects of both those factors just finally started taking affect.

I rarely feel sad. Frustrated? Sure, mainly common things that comes with being trans and some things more personal. I doubt its depression, but that’s just what I think at the moment. I’m pretty good at analyzing myself. I think it’s just constantly thinking about various things that my brain just had to shut down for the day. Maybe it’s that, I don’t feel like looking more into it. If it continues I’ll make an effort to reanalyze myself. For now I think I’ll just see how I feel in the morning.

It's kind of nice having a clear mind for the day though it's also kind of annoying, yet I don’t feel annoyed which makes it more annoying? A contradiction I know.

~Sara

[Guest ~Brenda~]

Sweetheart,

Get a good nights sleep and let's see how you feel after you wake up.

HUGS

Brenda

[Guest NatalieRene]

This empty feeling just started when I woke up today. The whole being tired has been going on for a month though there are days when I get by energy back. I really attribute it to my erratic sleep schedule and being overall inactive physically for years. I just think the long term effects of both those factors just finally started taking affect.

I rarely feel sad. Frustrated? Sure, mainly common things that comes with being trans and some things more personal. I doubt its depression, but that’s just what I think at the moment. I’m pretty good at analyzing myself. I think it’s just constantly thinking about various things that my brain just had to shut down for the day. Maybe it’s that, I don’t feel like looking more into it. If it continues I’ll make an effort to reanalyze myself. For now I think I’ll just see how I feel in the morning.

It's kind of nice having a clear mind for the day though it's also kind of annoying, yet I don’t feel annoyed which makes it more annoying? A contradiction I know.

~Sara

Oh sorry the way you phrased it at first it sounded like you just didn't feel like living your life anymore. Now what you are describing sounds like total exhaustion. Go get some sleep and we'll talk with you later today.

omg is it 4:32!!!! I think I need to follow my advice and get some sleep.

Natalie

[Guest Sara N]

Well, I’m pretty much back to normal for the most part. About 11 hours of sleep, still tired but my brains back up to speed. The bad part about yesterday was that I was unproductive for the entire day. Not a good thing with a final I need to prepare for.

Yesterday was interesting nonetheless. How I viewed myself was similar to past when I didn’t care how I looked, the mirror was a like blank reflection. I didn’t even bother with shaving. It was kind of like all my usual problems just disappeared for the day.

Time to get back to work. Let’s see, the final and laundry (been putting it off way too long ) are my top priority at the moment.

~Sara

[Guest ~Brenda~]

Good to hear that you're feeling better sweetheart. I just got my last load of laundry done. Shaving? yea, I have days when I say aww to heck with it.

HUGS

Brenda

[Guest NatalieRene]

Thats great news Sara. Don't feel bad about resting for a day everyone needs to have a day they can rest and recuperate especially in very busy times like finals. It will make the time you do spend working much more productive.

[Sally]

Laundry wasn't my problem but I just got back from washing every pot and pan in the house and that is three pots, seven skillets and one cake pan - everything else can go in the dishwasher (two loads).

I shouldn't put things off like that.

So glad that you are feeling better, sleep cures so many things especially insomnia!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest NatalieRene]

lol another busy body today. I planted 6 rose bushes and repainted the outside wood around the door. I'm done working for today. I'm going to sit back on my couch and curl up for the evening.

[Guest Angelgrlsue]

Yes Sara I have been feeling like that all week. Doesn't help when you have not slept in 6 days too. I started taking generic Propecia and ended up having severe side effects from it. Swelled up feet, hands, lips, tongue, body temp lowered, stomach cramps, dizziness, in a mental fog all day, severe insomnia. I think that about covers it all. I quit the medication after two days of taking it. Still have the insomnia side effects. Other effects have diminshed. All this to save some hair. God!! I hope hormones do not have such severe side effects.

Suzie

[Guest Elizabeth K]

God!! I hope hormones do not have such severe side effects

Everyone is different, but there are no side effects like that with HRT.

Lizzy

[Guest darlene lynn]

Hey dear theres nothing wrong with feeling blah blah But if it goes on for more than a couple of days . Contact a conserlor or Your friends here at Laura's. You know your special to US.

Lots of Love

Darlene Lynnette

[Guest Angelgrlsue]

God!! I hope hormones do not have such severe side effects

Everyone is different, but there are no side effects like that with HRT.

Lizzy

Thanks Lizzy, I glad to hear that.

[Guest again]

Just a thought: you may want to have your thyroid checked! Under active thryoid or hypothyroidism can cause extreme tiredness---sleeping for 10 to 12 hours and still feeling tired; weight gain even if you are not eating much---a lot of other symptoms, but it is usually something easily fixed but also easily overlooked. good luck; feel better soon!

[Guest Sara N]

Aww…thanks everyone for caring about me. Sometimes it feels like no one cares.

Just a thought: you may want to have your thyroid checked! Under active thryoid or hypothyroidism can cause extreme tiredness---sleeping for 10 to 12 hours and still feeling tired; weight gain even if you are not eating much---a lot of other symptoms, but it is usually something easily fixed but also easily overlooked. good luck; feel better soon!

mmm…thyroids? I just assumed it was lack of exercise. I’ll look into that when I have time. Weight gain when not eating much? No way, try weight loss when eating a lot. Lol. My body’s weird but I’m not too concerned about it. My weight fluctuates up and down but always retains itself in a certain range. Never exceeding or going lower.

~Sara

[Guest S. Chrissie]

Anyone ever feel…how should I describe it?...empty? Like nothing holds your interest, you don’t feel like talking to anyone, doing anything, thinking, even eating or daily routines. Like you just want to sit or lie down and do nothing for the whole day. That’s basically how I’m feeling at the moment. Forcing myself to do trivial things. I don’t know. It’s like I’m an empty shell at the moment. Lately I've been feeling tired and it's only been getting wose. Hopefully it’ll go away soon.

~Sara

Feeling that way at the moment...

[Guest Eth]

I've been talking to my therapist about this since I am like that a lot too. That's how depression effects me, and I've been like that practically for... almost as long as I can remember now. Probably since the incident around when I turned 13 with the Foster Center.

愛 Eth

[Guest androgynous]

Anyone ever feel…how should I describe it?...empty? Like nothing holds your interest, you don’t feel like talking to anyone, doing anything, thinking, even eating or daily routines. Like you just want to sit or lie down and do nothing for the whole day. That’s basically how I’m feeling at the moment. Forcing myself to do trivial things. I don’t know. It’s like I’m an empty shell at the moment. Lately I've been feeling tired and it's only been getting wose. Hopefully it’ll go away soon.

~Sara

Maybe a bit lethargic? I have that from time to time too. Too much noise (cars, trains, people, lawnmowers, beeps, alarms, sirens, music endless noises...)

[Guest CharliTo]

Definitely feel that way before... and yeah, it took me a while before I finally realized it's not a good thing, even though many others felt it like that too.

When I feel that way, I seriously just find a way to take a day off and let my desire do what I want for a day. If I feel a bit down, I'd totally be like 'alright, i'll at least finish a task that I said I'll do it one day but never did.' Such as chilling with a friend I haven't talked to in ages...or rest for a day and maybe even clean up a section of my house that needed a cleaning for ages.

*hug*

*sigh*

I totally understand how you're feeling...so rest well... give yourself some time to explore something...and then hopefully you can get back in full force.

[Guest rachael1]

It sounds like you just needed to recharge your batteries.

I get that way sometimes too and just want to hide from the world and do nothing, the problem is if I do that i usually end up feeling worse.

I hope you find your mojo soon.

Rachael

[Guest Sara N]

Well I feel completely energized again. There's just something about meeting an old

friend that got me back in gear. See here for the details.

Finally Got A Reply From A Friend

Receiving that email just seems to knock all my passion back to the surface. Just

what I needed.

Still tired but that seems to be part of my daily routine. More exercise more sleep. I’ll

start that in two days after my final.

I feel so loved >.<

*hugs*

~Sara

[Guest My_Genesis]

Anyone ever feel…how should I describe it?...empty? Like nothing holds your interest, you don't feel like talking to anyone, doing anything, thinking, even eating or daily routines. Like you just want to sit or lie down and do nothing for the whole day. That's basically how I'm feeling at the moment. Forcing myself to do trivial things. I don't know. It's like I'm an empty shell at the moment. Lately I've been feeling tired and it's only been getting wose. Hopefully it'll go away soon.

~Sara

Yeah I have..I don't think I have clinical depression though, it's more like circumstantial depression, especially the "empty shell" part. :/

Anyway glad you're feeling better, sometimes just tiredness can make you feel that way too, at least for me, I don't function too well on suboptimal sleep...or food for that matter..