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Today, we are going to learn about 10 emotions you feel but can’t explain.
Now, let’s begin.
Have you ever experienced a strong feeling you just couldn’t explain?
We run into mysterious feelings like these every day.
They’re powerful and unique, but you never know what to call them.
Because our language doesn’t know what to call them.
Luckily, someone out there has named these unusual emotions for you.
In this video, we’re going to cover 10 striking feelings and the made-up words people have
created to capture them.
Anemoia Have you ever felt nostalgic about an experience
you’ve never had?
People usually feel anemoia while watching a TV show or reading a book.
As your favorite characters navigates a time-gone-by, you watch their world through rose-colored
glasses… and you begin to feel a unique nostalgia.
You yearn for traditions you’ve never had.
You dream of a landscape you’ve never seen.
You long for a time decades before you were ever born.
But why do we experience anemoia?
Think about the fictious worlds you’ve yearned for.
The simple life of a country family.
The beauty of Victorian culture.
The reckless abandon of traveling around the globe.
In books and movies, you experience shades of these lifestyles, but those shades paint
a very narrow picture.
A picture of calm and simplicity.
Of elegance and care.
Of discovery and adventure.
In reality, these worlds are filled with just as much boredom and frustration as your own.
Yet those idealized emotions pull on your heartstrings, create anemoia, and make you
pine for a life you’ve never lived.
Liberosis Do you ever wish you cared less about your
problems?
Do you wish you could approach your life worry-free?
This feeling is called Liberosis.
It’s a desire to live a more casual, carefree lifestyle.
You may experience liberosis lying awake at night, beating yourself up over some small
mistake.
Or maybe you’re struggling after a break-up, and you wish you could take life with a grain
of salt.
Whatever your reason, you have a sudden desire to step back and throw your worries into the
wind.
And that’s liberosis.
Onism Imagine yourself standing at a busy airport.
As you wait for your flight, you stare at the flickering screen full of flight times,
city names, and gate numbers.
And something dawns on you.
Each of those words represent a path you aren’t taking.
A life you aren’t living.
A set of experiences you aren’t having.
In that moment, you wish your body could split into a thousand different yous.
And each of those yous could board a different flight.
Follow a different path.
And experience a unique adventure.
But there’s only one of you.
You’re only capable of being in one place at one time.
No matter how hard you try, there will always be experiences that you will miss out on.
This feeling is called Onism.
It’s the strange frustration of living your one and only life.
You can only be here, so you can never be there.
Or there.
Or all the way over there.
That means you’re going to miss countless new stories, experiences, and opportunities.
As you stare at that flicking board in the airport, that realization may drive you crazy.
Ambedo Have you ever stopped to listen to the rolling
thunderstorm outside your window?
How about staring off your balcony, watching the raindrops fall, one by one.
In those moments, how do you feel?
Sometimes, you become entranced by the smallest details—an experience called ambedo.
Inside this trance, your become trapped inside the silence and repetition of each moment.
You’re swept away by this tranquil sense of contemplation.
Yet, each careful thought reveals almost nothing at all.
Only a personal recognition of each raindrop.
Of each lightning strike and thunderclap.
But, in these quiet moments, you couldn’t ask for anything more.
Hanker Sore Have you ever seen someone so attractive,
you couldn’t help but stare?
All of us have.
But what about someone so attractive… you started to hate them?
A hanker sore is someone who’s physical appearance creates irritation or frustration.
They’re so attractive, you feel compelled to bring them down.
You may insult their personality or pretend they’re ugly, all because their good looks
rub you the wrong way.
They say that attractive people get special treatment.
That attraction creates a significant bias in our brains.
And countless studies will tell you that is a fact.
But special treatment isn’t always positive.
Sometimes, a person is too good looking…and the world turns against them.
Agnothesia Your emotions are not always decisive and
clear cut.
Sometimes, your emotions are a mixed bag.
A little bit of anger.
A sprinkle of happiness.
A dash of frustration.
If someone asks you how you’re feeling, it may seem impossible to give them a straight
answer.
No matter how hard you try, you can’t put your finger on one, single emotion.
This state of confusion is called agnothesia.
When experiencing agnothesia, you may try desperately to unravel your feelings.
Some people begin analyzing their behavior, hoping to understand their deeper emotions.
They ask questions like: Am I acting lazier than usual?
Am I spending less time with my friends?
Has my body language changed?
With each question you’re aiming to find the root of your problem—the solitary emotion
that drives your confusion.
But, more often than not, you end up more confused than you were before.
As frustrating as it is to admit, confusion may be the best you can do.
If someone asks, “are you okay?” the only right answer may be, “I don’t know.”
Sonder How many people do you pass on the street
every day?
How many cars fly by you on the freeway?
Hundreds.
Thousands.
Maybe even more.
But have you ever stopped to think about each individual person walking, driving, and living
their own lives?
Because their lives are just as detailed and complicated as yours.
Sonder is when you realize the world is filled with billions of complex individuals.
Each person you see honking in traffic… they have their own goals and ambitions.
Each stranger you meet on the street corner… they have their own worries and fears.
You are just one of billions of people.
You have aspirations.
You form relationships.
You chase your passions.
But everyone on the planet is doing the exact same thing.
Of course, you’ll never know what their lives are like.
And they’ll never know yours.
Degrassé Have you ever thought about the vastness of
the universe?
Have you ever stared at a picture of space… and felt nervous?
Queasy?
Unsettled?
This trance-like experience is often felt staring deep into the night sky.
When you look up at a dark expanse of stars, you may suddenly realize how massive the universe
really is.
You may concentrate on each star and remember that each shining speck is thousands of times
larger than our entire planet.
Beyond those stars, there are millions of larger cosmic bodies that you will never see.
Most of us know how large the universe is.
We’ve compared the numbers.
We’ve seen models and graphs.
But confronting the universe emotionally… that is a whole different experience.
It’s a challenging and nerve-racking epiphany, which leaves many people starstruck and speechless.
You may find yourself staring into the night sky, unable to move or think.
You may be spellbound by the size of the universe… and the smallness of our lives.
That moment of discovery is called degrassé.
Midding Have you ever worked at a coffeeshop just
to be around other people?
Do you hover on the outskirts of a dancefloor without joining it?
Midding is a strange phenomenon that so many people enjoy.
It’s a feeling of comfort that comes from standing near people… without actually engaging
with anyone.
Midding is watching others relish in the spotlight, while you remain safe and comfortable on the
sidelines.
It’s enjoying the energy of the environment… without being the center of attention.
For introverts and ambiverts, midding is a common strategy for any social event.
You enjoy the space, the people, and the atmosphere.
But you can enjoy all those things without stepping out of your comfort zone.
But midding isn’t reserved for parties and social events.
You feel it sitting with your friends, listening comfortably to a conversation you’re not
a part of.
You feel it around your family, even if you’re all focused on different things.
You don’t have to be a part of the action to enjoy the action.
Sometimes, the outside is the comfortable place to be.
Mimeomia Has a stereotype ever described you perfectly?
Have you accidently lived up to an idea or image you despise?
This feeling of frustration and unfairness is called mimeomia.
Stereotypes are often offensive and narrow-minded.
They’re used to pigeonhole diverse population of people.
So no one wants to prove a stereotype right.
No one wants to uphold a shallow, degrading view of their own gender, culture, or race.
Yet, you fit smoothly into a harmful stereotype.
It feels every choice you make nudges you closer to an image you’re trying to avoid.
So you do everything you can to create distance and separate yourself from that stereotype.
You change your behavior.
You control the way you speak or dress.
You tone down your preferences,.
Because the last thing you want… is to prove a stereotype right.
Even if that means sacrificing pieces of your own identity.
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