20 Emotions People Feel But Can’t Explain
Psychology Thread
Psychology Thread
1. Anemoia
Nostalgia for a time you’ve never experienced.
Nostalgia for a time you’ve never experienced.
2. Sonder
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
3. Jouska
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
4. Adronitis
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
5. Koi No Yokan
The sense upon first meeting someone that you will eventually fall in love with them.
The sense upon first meeting someone that you will eventually fall in love with them.
6. Wytai
A feature of modern society that suddenly strikes you as absurd and grotesque.
A feature of modern society that suddenly strikes you as absurd and grotesque.
7. Liberosis
The desire to care less about things.
The desire to care less about things.
8. Exulansis
The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.
The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.
9. Chrysalism
The tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
The tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
10. Lachesism
The desire to be struck by disaster — to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.
The desire to be struck by disaster — to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.
11. Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
12. Mauerbauertraurigkeit
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even people you love.
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even people you love.
13. Monachopsis
The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
14. Onism
The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.
The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.
15. Kenopsia
The eerie atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
The eerie atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
16. Klexos
The strange feeling of regret you get when you realize that you’ve wasted time doing something that you don’t even enjoy.
The strange feeling of regret you get when you realize that you’ve wasted time doing something that you don’t even enjoy.
17. Rückkehrunruhe
The restless feeling of returning home from a trip.
The restless feeling of returning home from a trip.
18. Kuebiko
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
19. Occhiolism
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
20. Ellipsism
A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.
A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.
Most of these feelings come from “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig, who created new and beautiful words to express our strangest emotions.
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