12 Emotions We Feel But Can't Explain
Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat
Chrysalism
The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm
Sonder
The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own
Occhiolism
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective
Liberosis
The desire to care less about things
Onism
The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time
Opia
The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable
Kenopsia
The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people and is now abandoned and quiet
Ellipsism
A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out
Kuebiko
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence
Lachesism
The desire to be struck by disaster
Adronitis
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone