feelings we may have but cannot explain.

Sonder—The realization that each passerby has a life as real and as complex as your own.

Opia—The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel invasive and vulnerable simultaneously.

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.

Mauerbauertraurigkeit—The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whom you really like.

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 feel when you realize you'll never know how history will turn out.

Kuebiko—A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.

Exulansis—The tendency to give up speaking about an experience or subject because people are unable to relate to it.

Adronitis—Frustration with how long it takes to get to know somebody.

Onism—The frustration of being stuck in just one body that inhabits only one place at a time.

Liberosis—The desire to care less about things.

Occhiolism—The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.