Feeling that life is meaningless, be wary of "hollow syndrome" Reporter Dong Chao Faced with pressure, unhappiness, setbacks, challenges... We often feel confused due to uneasiness and anxiety. At this time, the best way is to adjust your mood and rekindle hope. If this state can

Feeling that life is meaningless, be wary of "hollow syndrome"

Our reporter Dong Chao

Faced with pressure, unhappiness, frustration, challenges...

We often feel confused due to uneasiness and anxiety.

At this time, the best way is to adjust your mood and rekindle hope. If this state cannot be adjusted and the person is in a state of low mood, loss of interest, and depression for a long time, the person's heart may become "empty", which can also be called "hollow heart disease". It will make people feel that "life is meaningless" and lack the motivation to live.

"Hollow Heart Disease" is a psychological disorder caused by deficiencies in values.

Data shows that more than 40% of Chinese college students have the feeling of "empty self." After working hard under high pressure, many college students feel that there is little hope of achieving high returns and feel very vain and goalless. They then doubt the meaning of life and even become anxious and depressed. "Hollow disease" is often the product of pressure such as too high expectations and too much responsibility.

So, what exactly is "hollow disease"?

It looks like depression , which often manifests as low mood, loss of interest, and anhedonia. If diagnosed by a psychiatric department, it is often diagnosed as depression, but all drugs are like water, without any effect.

"Hollow Heart Disease" has several characteristics: Symptoms may be consistent with the diagnosis of depression. Patients will have a strong sense of loneliness and meaninglessness. They usually have good interpersonal relationships. They may feel confused since junior high school, high school or even earlier. Traditional psychotherapy is ineffective.

Peking University psychology professor Xu Kaiwen believes that "hollow heart disease" is a "psychological disorder caused by a defect in values." Previous research has shown that if people feel that their lives have meaning or value, they have more harmonious relationships, more social activities, better physical and mental health, and are less likely to suffer from depression, chronic pain, or disability. .

In 2015, Peking University academic Wu Xieyu attacked his mother on the back of the head with a dumbbell, causing her mother to die on the spot. Wu Xieyu then absconded. In 2020, the matricide case that shocked the country finally entered court hearing. How could a child with high IQ and high EQ become the devil who killed his biological mother? Professor Li Meijin of the People's Public Security University of China 's answer may explain all this: "Although he has a high IQ, his heart is empty, so empty that he has no soul."

Loneliness and the sense of meaninglessness in life make the heart change. "Empty"

Some people may ask, why do you get "empty disease"?

Is "hollow disease" a type of depression?

Xu Kaiwen once explained "hollow disease" when he said that children suffering from "hollow disease" are often very outstanding. They study well, work well, and have high emotional intelligence, but they have a strong sense of loneliness and meaninglessness, and they don't even know why they want to live.

"Hollow Heart Disease" does have some characteristics of depression, such as low mood, loss of interest, etc., but unlike depression, "Hollow Heart Disease" is more of a lack of values. Values ​​play a very important role in supporting people. Only when a person knows who he is, what is right and what is wrong, can he know what he wants to do and find the meaning of life. However, the formation and change of a certain concept cannot be achieved overnight. Therefore, as the shaper of children's personality formation, parents' education methods are crucial.

"Hollow Heart Disease" actually has specific judgment methods. Xu Kaiwen listed seven points:

First, meets the diagnostic criteria for depression in terms of symptoms, such as low mood. The difference is that all these symptoms are not very severe and prominent.

Second, patients will have a strong sense of loneliness and meaninglessness. They feel that they have no real connection with the people around them and do not know why they are alive.

The third is that usually have better interpersonal relationships. They care very much about what others think of themselves and work hard to improve themselves, but it seems that they do all this for others.

The fourth is that is not sensitive to biological treatment, or even ineffective.

Fifth, has strong suicidal thoughts. This suicidal thoughts are not caused by difficulties, pain and setbacks in reality.

Sixth, may start to be confused in junior high school, high school, or even earlier.

Seventh, Traditional psychotherapy is not effective.

Live in the present with a clear value orientation

Be able to live a meaningful life

Foreign studies have summarized the secrets of longevity as: Eat in moderation, live a valuable and meaningful life, like to exercise, have responsibility and a sense of belonging, and stay healthy weight.

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital Lin Shuguang and Tan Ning published a review article pointing out that positive psychology, including happiness, gratitude, compassion, self-confidence and hope, has a preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases. Lin Shuguang emphasized that people should not pursue the "pleasure" of their own pleasant experiences, but should pursue psychological well-being, which is a kind of satisfaction that transcends the self and will make life more meaningful.

So, how can we stay away from "hollow disease"?

Yang Xiaolei, a physician in the third psychological ward of Zhengzhou Ninth People's Hospital, suggested living in the present and focusing on the real process. If we focus on the results and ignore the process, we will ignore life itself and prevent us from realizing the true existence of life. Experience in these processes constitutes life itself. For example, when you get up in the morning, you can feel the lazy state and the feeling of stretching. On the way to work, you can feel the busy or leisure feeling of different people and your own posture when walking. When you are dining, you can fully experience the feeling of the delicious taste of each dish, and Feel the happiness of yourself and your friends when you get together, and appreciate every beautiful moment in the journey when you travel... These experiences truly constitute the whole of life, and they will help us finally understand life in daily moments over time. The meaning.

lets love spread outward and not be self-centered. If we radiate our energy and infect our relatives, friends and society around us, give out our love and let it flow, our hearts may be enriched and satisfied, and we will not be filled with a sense of spiritual deprivation. .

looks inward for the meaning of his life and clarifies his value orientation. Whether you are studying or working, look for something that is consistent with your own value orientation. The so-called conformity is something that we are willing to devote ourselves to and pay for. In this process, we feel every bit of life, and slowly we will find our inner mission, find the value of our own existence, and live a true and authentic life. Another meaningful life.

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