23 Emotions People Feel But Can’t Explain
Psychology Thread
Psychology Thread
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Monachopsis
The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
4. Énouement
The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.
The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.
5. Vellichor
The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.
The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.
6. Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
7. 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.
8. Mauerbauertraurigkeit
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
9. Jouska
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
10. Chrysalism
The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
11. Vemödalen
The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
12. Anecdoche
A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening.
A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening.
13. 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.
14. Kuebiko
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Adronitis
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
18. Rückkehrunruhe
The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.
The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.
19. Nodus Tollens
The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.
The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.
20. 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.
21. Liberosis
The desire to care less about things.
The desire to care less about things.
22. Altschmerz
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.
23. Occhiolism
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
These wonderful words come from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, “a compendium of invented words” by graphic designer and editor John Koenig.
He’s come up with dozens of terms that pinpoint the emotions we all feel but don’t know how to communicate.
He’s come up with dozens of terms that pinpoint the emotions we all feel but don’t know how to communicate.
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