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Humans have the amazing ability to feel emotions
That are so profound and complex
That we sometimes have a hard time expressing them through our language
and other means of communication
It can be frustrating when you feel something you can't quite understand or explain
This is why the brilliant writer John Koenig
penned and put together the compendium of all of the most complicated and indescribable feelings
you may not even know you are experiencing
With that said
listed here are the twelve most common emotions you might feel but can't explain
One: Sonder
Sonder is defined as the sudden realization that
you can never completely know a person
It's when you start to understand that everyone around you has their own story
that you might never get to know about
You realize that you only get to know as much about a person as they'll allow you to
Two: Hanker Sore
This is an emotion most of us wouldn't want to admit to feeling
But Hanker Sore refers to the phenomenon of finding someone so attractive
that it makes you feel angry at them for some reason
It differs from jealousy in the sense that it's subtler
and more subconscious
When you feel Hanker Sore, you don't feel explicitly hostile
or envious towards the person
But deep down you can't help but feel upset at their random stroke of luck
for winning the genetic lottery
Three: Lachesism
Have you ever felt the sudden desire to have something bad happen to you?
For no reason
Well
that feeling is what we call Lachesism
It's that deep dark impulse
most of us have to be struck by tragedy
and come out at the other side
It's born out of our innate desire for challenges and growth
Which push us to test the bounds of our courage and resilience
Four: Ellipsism
Ellipsism, as the feeling that people often misinterpret
as curiosity or inquisitiveness
But really it refers to
a desire to understand the world and to know what will happen in the future
This is something most scientists, scholars, artists, and inventors can probably relate to
As many of them have a hard time coming into terms with the fact that
they might never get to see how history will turn out
How they will be remembered
or what legacy they may leave behind
Five:
And please bear with me as I try to pronounce this
Mauerbauer Traurigkeit
Mauerbauer Traurigkeit is defined as
the sudden feeling of wanting to push people away
and put your defenses back up
It often happens when we let our insecurities tell us, we're not good enough
and feel afraid that if other people saw us for who we really were
they'd reject us
Six: Gnossienne
Similar to Sonder is Gnossienne
Which is the feeling you get when you realize
that you don't actually know someone as well as you thought you did
It's the realization that
even your closest family and friends have a part of themselves that they hide from everyone else
A secret inner world that only they will ever know
Seven: Liberosis
Have you ever wished that you could just stop worrying so much and relax?
If so
you've already experienced Liberosis
Liberosis is the feeling you get when you're afraid you're not living your life to the fullest
And it comes from the desire to be more carefree and easygoing
Eight: Monachopsis
Monachopsis means feeling "out-of-place" for some reason
It can happen even when you're someplace familiar
or surrounded by your friends and family
You don't understand it
But you just can't shake off the feeling that you don't belong here
Or you just don't fit in with everyone else
That's Monachopsis
Nine: Onism
Next is Onism
Which refers to the awareness of how little of the world you will ever be able to experience
Those of us who love to travel and go on adventures
may sometimes feel wistful over the realization
that there are still so many beautiful places out there
we might never get to see
Onism represents those unfulfilled desires and goals
we fear we might never achieve before we die
Ten: Nighthawk
This is what you call that feeling you get when you can't sleep for some reason
Psychologists believe that Nighthawks are
reoccurring thoughts that only come to you late at night
Maybe because of some unfinished business you need to resolve
but haven't acknowledged yet
Eleven: Catoptric Tristesse
Similar to Sonder and Gnossienne
Catoptric Tristesse is a specific type of sadness that comes from the realization
that you can never really know what someone else thinks of you
Wanting the approval and acceptance of others is something all of us feel burdened by
Which is probably why we all struggle with Catoptric Tristesse from time to time as well
Twelve: Jouska
Finally, Jouska is defined as
the feeling of wanting to have a conversation with someone in your head
While it may sound somewhat strange
It's something most people have experienced a number of times in their lives
Did you ever want to get something off your chest but just didn't have the courage to say it?
Or is there something you wanted to let someone know but never got the chance to?
That's Jouska
And it's a feeling you get when you want to give yourself closure
for something that was never resolved in your life
Have you felt any of these?
Does this give you a little piece to an emotion you've experienced?
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