While common emotions such as anger, sadness or
joy are usually easy to pinpoint, there are others
that we often feel and may not be able to
recognize. If you’ve ever had a persistent, emotional
feeling that you didn’t fully understand and couldn’t
quite place, it may have been one of the following:
joy are usually easy to pinpoint, there are others
that we often feel and may not be able to
recognize. If you’ve ever had a persistent, emotional
feeling that you didn’t fully understand and couldn’t
quite place, it may have been one of the following:
1. Deja vu
You’ve probably heard of Deja Vu. It’s the feeling
that you’ve been someplace before, or that you are
repeating an event. Memory psychologists believe it
is caused by features from a past experience that
are triggered by features of a new experience, when
the two are similar in some way.
2. Ellipsis
This term describes a sense of sadness one
experiences when they realize they won’t live to see
the future. A person might experience ellipsism as
they age, and realize they may not be able to watch
a new grandchild or great-grandchild grow into
adulthood.grandma grandkids
3. Adroitly
Adronitis is a sense of frustration one experiences
when meeting a new and interesting person, but
they realize how long it will take to fully develop a
relationship with that person. Adronitis occurs when
someone wants a relationship to develop quickly,
but they know it won’t.
4. Chrysalism
This term describes a sense of warmth, peace and
tranquility, while sitting inside during a rainstorm.
Being in a warm and dry house while watching an
intense storm outside can cause you to feel peace
and comfort, which may be linked to a feeling of
being in the womb, safe and sound.girl rain
5. Enouement
Enoument is the feeling of wishing you could go
back in time and tell your past self about the future.
When something turned out the way you wanted it
to, you may wish you could go back in time and
comfort your younger self who was worried, to let
your younger you know that everything will be OK.
6. Liberosis
Liberosis is the desire to care less about things.
With age comes more responsibility. Liberosis is
the feeling you get when you wish you could be a
kid again, without a care in the world.boy and
butterflies
7. Jouska
This term is used to describe a hypothetical
conversation you play out over and over again in
your head. It may be an argument you had, but you
envision yourself saying the right things and coming
out ahead, or it may be a conversation you want to
have, like envisioning asking your boss for a raise,
and playing out the dialogue in your head.
8. Opia
Opia is used to describe an intense feeling of
arousal that someone gets when engaging in a
mutual gaze. Many studies have been conducted
regarding eye contact to establish that it can indeed
be arousing. Opia occurs when two people who are
attracted to each other are engaged in direct eye
contact.
9. Fugue State
A Fugue State is a psychological condition in which
an individual moves and speaks, but without
conscious awareness. Fugue states can be alcohol-
induced or drug-induced. They refer to a state where
an individual has no memory of his or her actions.
10. Exulansis
Exulansis is a sense of frustration you experience
when you realize you are talking about something
important, but other people are unable to
understand its importance or relate to it, so you
give up talking about it, due to your frustration.
