Hollow heart

I feel a hollowness in my heart.As if it has just taken too much and just can't tolerate anymore. What,you might wonder and I the same,nothing major has really occurred to make me feel this low,maybe it's just all the little things you can normally put up with suddenly all feel too heavy. I feel saddened for Joe and how he isn't happy with his situation right now; lack of a mundane job he doesn't really want anyway, a sense of direction with the career he ideally wants, the inability to overcome his fears.I want to help him so much,but I worry he's not quiet ready to grow up yet.And that puts me in a bit of a predicament in the long term,because I feel like I'm there.I feel dissapointed by my growing lack of empathy towards him as he drinks more and more, and throws back any positive comment I try to give straight back at me.Depressed people need welcome ears, and constant support so I know I need to be there for him as much as I can.But sometimes,I need somewhere to turn to and right now I feel so alone.I just want to cry. Mum recently had an accident and she's recovering so I felt I needed to come home and help out in any way I could and help cheer her up,it's a bit of an odd atmosphere in the air though, and my brother is more than occupied with school work and girls.I miss friends :( I hope something happens soon that makes me feel happy because right now I feel trapped with all these responsibilities and nowhere to go but down.