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Have you ever noticed moments when life seems to exist only in extremes? Someone is either completely trustworthy or entirely disappointing. We are either succeeding or failing. Relationships feel all-consuming, or not worth pursuing at all. Psychodynamic theory suggests that this tendency towards 'black and white' thinking may sometimes reflect a process known as splitting. Splitting is understood as an unconscious way of protecting ourselves emotionally. Early experiences t

When Emptiness Has a Story Some people describe depression as sadness. Others describe it as heaviness, hopelessness, or despair. But sometimes depression presents differently. Sometimes it feels like emptiness. Not dramatic distress. Not always tears. Not even obvious suffering. Instead, it can feel like: numbness disconnection never quite feeling “real” difficulty knowing what you feel feeling lonely even around others a sense that something is missing, but not knowing what