Words for feelings

This page is a directory of topics covered in the Insights Into Psychology blog series, plus a collection of validated psychological tests.

Determining and understanding the feelings of a child is very important. Here are the editable feelings chart that you can download, print and use for free.

Words for emotions you feel but can't explain. Here you are, read and figure out what you're feeling!

Graphic designer John Koenig has been cataloguing emotions that we all feel, but can’t explain – on his website: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

Word of the Day: Heterophemize An ancient single word for the phrase, "That came out wrong!" --------------------------------------------- We'd love to see how you might use any of our words of the day. Send us your thoughts; the most poetic, funniest or otherwise best will be featured on our feeds and (later this year) our magazine. . . . #WordoftheDay #meaning #wrong #speak #writers #readers #competition #writerscommunity #creativewriting

Some people don't understand my love for books and language, but to me words are some of the most important things we have. Words are beautiful, because they represent beautiful, powerful things. If you can hear a word and see it's meaning appear right there in front of you, that's something magical. If you can use a word to convey something you can't quite explain, that's a connection. These words do that.

It’s not the first time we’ve seen these but we still love them, a list of 23 emotions that people feel but can’t explain that’s just gone viral all over again on Reddit. They’re not actual words (you probably already know this) although it feels like they should be. They are all taken from graphic […]