What specifically is the cause of the “empty/hollow” feeling many depressed people talk about having in their chest?
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To the best of my knowledge, this isn’t a field of inquiry that’s well covered by Western medicine.
It’s something that alternative medicine talks about a lot, and most people that have dealt with depression or trauma have very specific things to say about how their body carries those problems and where they feel it.
But I’ve looked, in the past and after being prodded by this reminder, and I don’t know of any reputable studies done on the question.
People dunk on alternative medicine, and they’re not totally wrong to do so, but this is the kind of thing that drives people to it. My doc is ok at best, and I’ve absolutely had worse – I can’t even imagine what it would look like if I went to him about figuring out how my body reacts to stress and depression.
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