Emotions We Feel But Can't Explain

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