how do you make the nothingness go away?

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how do you make the nothingness go away?

Post by waxbutterfly » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:13 pm

i've been trying so hard to get better, and to do my coursework, and to be happy, but it just doesn't work. i feel like i'm completely hollow. i'm too empty to even be sad, and i just don't know what to do. i hate feeling like this. can anyone give me some idea of how to feel better? or at least how to feel something? i just can't go on like this.

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Post by scarlit_sky » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:07 am

I wish I could help, but I don't know what to say....

Just wanted to let you know that I read and I care....

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Post by Strange Glue » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:53 am

This isn't something I highly recommend, and I try to avoid using it unless I feel I must for some reason...

But I will often look for things online that I know push my buttons. Things that make me mad (political ranting forums are great for that) or things that would normally make me cry (angst fanfic involving deaths/other unsavories, usually).

It can snap me out of the nothingness, but it's pretty extreme and can backfire in a big way if I'm not extremely careful afterwards.... Which is why it's not something I recommend. I just don't know any other ways for when things get really bad :-?
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Re: how do you make the nothingness go away?

Post by limestone » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:40 pm

waxbutterfly wrote: or at least how to feel something? i just can't go on like this.
go for a walk
place an ice-cube on your wrist
suck a lemon
listen to happy music
draw/paint
eat healthy
get enough sleep
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Post by ~BrokenGlass~ » Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:52 pm

scream... scream as loud as you can and for as long as you can till you need to take a breath!
--When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn--
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Post by angelic212 » Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:25 am

i wish i knew what to say except that i know the feeling i know how you are feeling sweetie and im sorry that you feel like this i dont have any uselful advice for what you are going through cause im going through the same thing right now you can pm me any time you want to im willing to listen to you . i just want to say that iknow how you are feeling. the same thing is happening to me at the moment

love always maria
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