Emotions people feel but hardly notice.
Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own. Opia: The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and venerable. Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookshops. Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat. Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head. Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. Ellipsism: A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out. Altschmerz: Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing at for years. Nordus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. Ruckkehrunruhe: The feeling of returning home after an immense trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. Adronitis: Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.











