for the last year after experiencing a bad breakup &amp; still having difficulty getting over it even now, i’ve been experiencing this heavy feeling in my chest which for the longest time i thought was some kind of depression until my new therapist suggested otherwise telling me i’m more likely to be experiencing bpd mood swings rather than depression, as some sessions i would completely disregard this feeling if something else had affected me emotionally. this feeling is like something pressing down on my chest, like a sadness but not quite, a lack of energy, sort of like a lack of something that feels incredibly heavy. i was just curious if this is how other people experience that “empty feeling” characteristic of bpd? how do you experience it? sometimes the feeling gets less noticeable if i keep myself preoccupied, but it always eventually comes back around. i find it very hard to manage as i feel it drains me of my energy and if i can’t manage to keep myself busy enough so as not to notice it for even just one day, i then get sucked into it again and become rly irritated, tired and unmotivated. in another context unrelated to these symptoms my therapist suggested i get a psychiatric evaluation but i don’t want to unless i understand this feeling better, it might have something to do with a depressive episode and not at all with bpd &amp; i’ve never met anyone with bpd whom i could ask how they experience this so, how do you all experience this?