EMPTINESS AS A HUMAN CONDITION IS A SENSE OF GENERALIZED BOREDOM, SOCIAL ALIENATION AND APATHY; FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS OFTEN ACCOMPANY DYSTHYMIA, DEPRESSION, LONELINESS, ANHEDONIA, DESPAIR, OR OTHER MENTAL/EMOTIONAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER, POST TRAUMA, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER.