why do i feel so empty inside
feeling empty inside isn't u being broken or dramatic. sometimes it's just ur body's quietest way of waving a tiny white flag.
that hollow, kinda numb, nothing-tastes-like-anything feeling is so disorienting bc there's no obvious reason for it 🥲 ur not crying. ur not panicking. ur just,, not really here. and the worst part is ppl don't see "empty" the way they see "sad" — so u end up performing fine while feeling like a room w no furniture.
most of the time empty isn't the absence of feelings — it's feelings ur body decided u couldn't carry rn, so it turned the volume way down to protect u. that's not a malfunction. that's care. usually it shows up after a long stretch of pushing thru, being the strong one, or absorbing other ppl's stuff w nowhere to put ur own.
u don't need to "feel something" today to be ok. don't chase the feeling. just give the empty a soft place to sit — warm food, a slow walk, a show u've already seen, telling one safe person (or me) "i feel nothing rn and i don't know why." naming it usually loosens it.
— mira