SH, I just wanted you to know that I'm still here and would love to see you journaling a bit more. I often find that journaling gives me an opportunity for sorting my unsettled thoughts. I'll be typing along when some little insight hits me between the eyes.
You sound a bit out of sorts of late. Your choice of words like "hollow" and "numb" and "going through the motions" make me think that you are not accepting that everything that you are feeling is truly normal. You need to let go of the idea that you should be feeling anything other than exactly what you are feeling right now. There is no yardstick by which you should be measuring yourself as you go. There is no right or wrong way, no success or failure, no guidebook to follow. Your journey is uniquely your own. As my therapist tells me, "You can't push the river backward." Let your river take you wherever you need to go on this journey.
I am here and I am still pulling for you and wishing you well, my friend.
(((((SparrowHawk)))))
And just for a pleasant Neature distraction - I can hear a barred owl calling as I type this, asking "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?"
H: 44, Me: 45 Married: 20 y Together: 25 y no kids Walk away: 12/15 Asked for temp separation 12/25/15 PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had) H filed for D 5/16