Emotional Granularity

The emotional suffering of wintertime is well known, so strong that it often endures into springtime. An autumnal mood, however, is more complex. We feel hints of lingering warmth in the Fall, along… more emotion Autumnal

Every year in early September in the United States, people celebrate Labor Day, an occasion to recognize the contributions of working Americans by staying home from work. Everybody deserves a day off now… more emotion Lazy

A few weeks after the COVID-19 shutdowns began, people began to articulate a new emotional concept: Zoom fatigue. At first, those who were new to working from home marveled at how much they… more emotion Zoom Fatigue

When we feel ecoanxiety, we feel the pressure of global environmental destruction closing around us, squeezing all hope out of us as we realize the extent to which the ecological crisis is out of our control.

Feeling disgruntled is a feeling of powerlessness, of being insulted by fools who don’t deserve the authority that they have been granted.

most people don’t want to acknowledge the awkward path as something that even exists. They feel more comfortable imagining that they live in a world that’s set out along a grid defined by easy binaries: Left and right, to and fro

A fastidious feeling goes too far, carrying poison into the florid garden of life.

When we seek out human company, but the people around us turn to their smartphones rather than interacting with us, we feel phubbed. It’s a momentary insult, but we can get over it…. more emotion Phoneliness

A still mountain lake, reflecting the peaks and forests around it, like a mirror, unperturbed by any wind: This is the image that comes to mind to define the emotion of tranquility. Another… more emotion Tranquility

The word glad used to refer to something of exceptionally pleasant quality, even to the point of shining in the joy it provoked. These days, however, the emotional concept of feeling glad is… more emotion Glad