Tag: etymology

The new truth might be as simple as the tale told by a hand stroking our tense shoulders.

Sometimes, the history of a word embodies the meaning it has taken on over time. This is the case with the word dreary. When I think of a dreary emotion, I think of… more emotion Dreary

What’s the difference between suffering from depression and feeling miserable?

There are times when we feel especially awake and enthusiastic, times when we’re not only capable of doing more than what’s merely necessary, but feel outright eager to go beyond the minimum requirements,… more emotion Perky

The fear of the washed up is that, with their image tarnished, they’ll never again be given a chance to prove themselves.

Surprise is one of the six basic emotions proposed by psychologist Paul Ekman in the mid-20th century. Ekman claimed that these emotions were biologically universal to all human beings, and were, like chemical… more emotion Surprise

Emotion is not a thing like a pebble is a thing. It can’t be measured with a ruler or weighed on a scale. It can’t be seen by people other than those having… more emotion Ebullience

There are some emotions, like heartbreak, that do more than describe the mood of the moment. They tell the story of an emotional trajectory in which the change in status is at the… more emotion Crestfallen

We can’t go on together with suspicious minds, but we can’t know where we’re going without suspicious minds. We’re caught in a trap.

There is a feeling of tightness in anxiety, anguish, angst, and anger, but the form of that tightness shifts from word to word in ways that are as telling as the differences between dull pain, sharp pain, throbbing pain, and nagging pain.