Emptiness in the soul is a syndrome that a person does not have enough energy for active actions. Our psyche has something like a fuse that blocks activity if the energy required for this activity exceeds our capabilities.
The reason for the lack of energy can be many reasons: from illness to serious internal conflict in which the person is. Therefore, if a person has an emptiness in his soul, the first thing to do is to check his health. Suddenly the thing in physiology? Be sure to exclude serious physical causes. And only then go to a psychologist.
Psychological causes of emptiness in the soul
Due to some psychological reasons a man may feel a lack of vitality? The fact is that our psyche is very sensitive to the expenditure of time and effort. If some business does not bring the desired result for a long time, then further efforts in this direction are impractical. For this reason, this behavior is no longer supported by endogenous drugs(neurotransmitters, hormones, and so on).
At the sensory level, this manifests itself as a lack of positive emotions, interest, joy from activity, lack of energy for further activity.This condition is called differently: apathy, depression(in the popular sense), the void in the soul and so on.
For example, if a person's goal is to earn money, and at work he is poorly or irregularly paid, then very soon the person's interest in such work cools. And at the level of the mind he may still want to complete it, but at the level of feelings and emotions he will experience laziness, irritation, drowsiness, lack of thoughts and so on.
However, this is a special case when a person as a whole is still capable of activity, just blocked some part of human activity, where he does not feel sufficient motivation.
Emptiness in the soul is when this condition affects the whole life of a person. When this happens, the reasons can be two reasons: either extremely unfavorable life circumstances, or too high claims.
The first option is extremely rare in the modern world. It is unlikely that a person for a long time can suffer continuous defeats in all spheres of life. Somewhere, let there be a ray of light. However, man can feel something similar under unrequited love. Man is invested, invested, and does not receive any return. Sooner or later, such a person “runs out of emotional battery” and there will be an emptiness in the soul.
The second option is more likely. When a person's claims to life are inadequately inflated, the person will not be able to receive reinforcements for achieving their goals. In this case, the person will feel useless, low self-esteem and so on. Due to the fact that a person will not receive reinforcements for his efforts, he will not receive energy for further movement to his goal.
This can be compared to a long trip by car. The car on the way to refuel. If you plan only a long-term goal and do not call at the gas station, the car will sooner or later stop somewhere in the middle of “nowhere” is not able to continue the movement and is not able to “refuel”.
So it is in life. People who want everything at once, very quickly emotionally exhausted and feel empty at heart. I don't mean that you shouldn't dream of something bigger. Very worth it. But on the way to this more it is necessary to set clear and realistically achievable goals.
What can cause such high expectations of life? False belief.
The emptiness in my soul and beliefs that lead to
Our behavior is conditioned by the beliefs we believe in. When our beliefs are good, they lead us to happiness and prosperity, and false beliefs lead us to the wrong place. What are false beliefs? These are beliefs that do not correspond to reality. Let's look at some of them.
"Everything should come easy”
People very rarely utter this belief in such a decorated thought, but this approach to life is considered correct. If a person has low expectations of life, it will even work. However, if a person wants something more, this belief will greatly limit him. The fact is that a person so related to life, will be able to pursue only easy and quickly achievable goals. He wouldn't have enough breath for more than that. The way the world works, the lighter something is, the less profit it makes. It is easy to explain why this happens. If something is readily available, there becomes a lot of competition and the value of it falls.
It will be extremely difficult for a person with such a conviction to tune in to serious work. This leads to failure to achieve goals, loss of motivation and interest. Ultimately, there is a void in the soul.
"All or nothing!”
A person with this attitude refuses many opportunities that are supposedly unworthy of him. He will turn down a good job that he is offered, from the relationship and so on.
In life, in order to get to the top, you need to go through many steps. No one has ever climbed a mountain in one leap.
If a person considers the intermediate stages unworthy of him, then he himself is unworthy of the goal. Failure to achieve the planned, according to the already known scheme leads to a loss of motivation and emptiness in the soul.
How to get rid of emptiness in the soul?
What will you do if you run out of gas while traveling? Hardly you will push the car yourself. You'll probably ask for help. The best option is to call the appropriate services that will take you to the nearest gas station.
If you have a void in the soul, we should do the same. Personally, I would turn to a psychologist who would help bring back the joy of life and would reveal how I found myself in this situation.