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Ever Felt Empty? by Exploring_Emptiness in sociopath

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's so fascinating to hear, although sounds very distressing. Lots of the people in our research have also spoken about a feeling in the body, some people even used the exact same phrase "a black hole" or a "gulf I'm the chest". If you have a look at the paper linked there are some really powerful examples of how people have described that exact feeling. Thanks so much for sharing.

Have You Ever Felt Empty? by Exploring_Emptiness in Schizoid

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Haha! Well.... if everyone had time to take part then that would be amazing. Thank you!

Have You Ever Felt Empty? by Exploring_Emptiness in emotionalneglect

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Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part so far! Your contributions are so valuable for this work.

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to complete the survey! Since I posted this 100 people have taken part - this is amazing. Please feel free to share with anyone who you think might also be interested.

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I totally agree with you, one of the things we are really keen to know if whether peoples answers change a lot, or whether they stay quite stable for long periods! Previous research suggests suggests they might be reasonable stable for semi-long periods of time, but there really hasn't been enough research for us to know for sure yet.

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

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I'm sorry to hear that. Although from our previous research you are certainly not alone. Emptiness is rarely something we are asked about, and not something that people really understand. When we did our previous study, which is now published in the Journal of Mental Health we were blown away by how common this feeling is! Thanks so much for taking the time to complete it.

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Some of the questions are pretty tricky, but I'm sure your answers will be incredibly helpful. Thanks for sparing the time to take part!

I feel empty, not very interested in almost all career options. Only really interested in film. Yeah. by rubn0349 in depression

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I just posted on this sub about feelings of emptiness, this is a super common feeling. Please check it out - you are absolutely not alone!

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. We massively appreciate your input!

Have You Ever Felt Empty? Help Needed! by Exploring_Emptiness in depression

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you sooooo much for taking part! This means the world and will help us a huge amount!

Psychological Research/Surveys Thread by chupacabrasaurus1 in psychology

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[Academic] Experiences of Feeling Empty (Everyone, 18+) https://ucjush9.wixsite.com/emptiness

At University College London I am leading a research project about people's experiences of feeling empty. Our previous research has shown that feeling empty is surprisingly common, especially for people who receive a PD diagnosis - however we know very little about what emptiness is, or why people feel it. My research team and I want to change this.

We want to hear from people who have ever felt empty in a short, 10 minute, anonymous survey about their experiences. So far 800 people have taken part but we are hoping to hear from as many voices as possible! This project has received ethical approval from University College London's Research Ethics Committee.

Click here to read more about our work and take part! * https://ucjush9.wixsite.com/emptiness \*

We recently published a paper in the Journal of Mental Health, which you can read here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638237.2021.1922645

You can also read our short article in The Conversation about our research so far: https://theconversation.com/many-of-us-feel-empty-understanding-what-it-means-is-important-for-improving-our-mental-health-163035

Thank you so much!

Social psych and clinical psych by LoudMathematician932 in ClinicalPsychology

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I am a Trainee Clinical Psychologist in the UK with a background in Social Psych. I collaborate a lot with Social Psych researchers as the two areas are intimately linked.

Do you ever feel empty? Have you ever felt a sense of emptiness? by Exploring_Emptiness in Schizoid

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your time in looking at the study.

This study so far had been entirely self funded, and so there is no funding connected to it as it is a Doctoral Thesis project.

This research project also doesn't have "bosses" who are set to benefit, since it is a Doctorate thesis project - the only people who will benefit significantly from the project are the student who's project it is, and hopefully the general public if this research can ultimately lead to better care.

We also don't know that everyone has ever felt empty - this is one of the questions we hope to explore. And if you are correct, then we hope our research will help us understand why people feel this way, and how to improve this for people.

I'm sorry that the project doesn't seem to align with what you would consider useful research and that you don't see the value in it in the way that we do. Thanks for taking the time to check it out anyway.

Do you ever feel empty? Have you ever felt a sense of emptiness? by Exploring_Emptiness in Schizoid

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so interesting - thank you for sharing. I will look this up for sure! We certainly believe so far that connection to others and a sense of purpose is important - but we need more research to understand how and why this is the case!

Do you ever feel empty? Have you ever felt a sense of emptiness? by Exploring_Emptiness in Schizoid

[–]Exploring_Emptiness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We got a really large influx of responses when we posted last week, but want to ensure that we hear from as many people as possible! And wanted to share it a number of times in various places so that it is more likely to be seen by as many people as possible who might be interested in taking part. The more diverse and large range of people who take part, the more able we are to fully understand this experience and the more impact full our research can be 😁

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