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Does anyone know if there is a word that roughly expresses: A feeling of anxiety or unease because you strongly believe there is a problem with a thing but don'
by newman8r 10y ago
Does anyone know if there is a word that roughly expresses: A feeling of anxiety or unease because you strongly believe there is a problem with a thing but don't know exactly what
- ggggtez 10y agoParanoia
- newman8r 10y agoclose - but in this case, it's something you eventually end up finding, resolving and the feeling goes away. for example - as a developer, I have felt this before about single functions and sometimes entire codebases - I pay a lot of attention to my intuition - and I feel like it's part intuition, part paranoia, part anxiety that maybe you have rushed and done something wrong. so - kind of like an anxiety resulting from intuition that you have made a mistake, and the feeling is reinforced by previous experiences - and it can be resolved by addressing the issue if you can identify it... or maybe you sent an email like 5 minutes ago and get the feeling, then realize you forgot to attach a file
- samatman 10y agoForeboding.
- newman8r 10y agoGood call - I think it would be like foreboding except with a feeling respect to something that has happened rather than something that will. "postboding" isn't a word but I think that might capture the feeling. Like in my example of sending an email, feeling uneasy and then the sudden realization that you forgot to attach something - so you fix it and the feeling is changes to relief.
- newman8r 10y agohttp://english.stackexchange.com/questions/227950/a-word-to-describe-the-feeling-that-you-are-forgetting-something http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/227950/a-word-to-... actually I just found this. Also saw the term "nagging feeling" a few times and they mention "hyper vigilance" Also, it seems like it is some form of dissonance - I'm going to try to nail it down lol