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Here’s a thread for words of 23 emotions that people feel but can’t explain
Sonder:
The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own
The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own
Opia:
The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.
The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.
(This one word blew me away, i didn’t even realise it existed but)
Mauerbauertraurigkeit:
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
Mauerbauertraurigkeit:
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
Jouska:
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
Anecdoche:
A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening
A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening
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.
Exulansis: (I love this one)
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.
Kenopsia:
The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
Vemödalen:
The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
Altschmerz: (this explanation is perfect)
Weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had – the same boring flaws and anxieties that you’ve been gnawing on for years.
Weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had – the same boring flaws and anxieties that you’ve been gnawing on for years.
