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There's a word for this feeling! From Wiktionary: sonder (uncountable noun) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers p
by kretaceous 4y ago
There's a word for this feeling! From Wiktionary:
sonder (uncountable noun)
The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.
- O__________O 4y agoAppears term was invented in the book “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” in 2012 to create new words for emotional expressions, concepts, etc: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32676647 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32676647