I think that's fair, I think when people say "nothing" they are not trying to be dishonest, they are just trying to describe what they are feeling, and it's something that is foreign to many, simple, but then again complicated. Nothing is probably the only way a lot of us know how to describe this feeling of emptiness.

What would be a simple, few word way to relay the feeling to another? Asking simply because I am curious if there is a better way, and what it would be.