Has the word “actual” worked for the casual encounters?

Each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

I just feel that reordering the sentence makes it seem less formal to me, but those casual encounters didn’t work for me

at all. Thank you so much for these powerful messages, each one of which really left me feeling emptier then before, gave me a sense of guiltier than before.

What is your opinion of the new czarist?