List of feelings and emotions

A deep quiet, when even your thoughts seem to pause for a while.

Loose and unhurried, with the tension gone from your shoulders and jaw.

Comfortable in a place or with people, with no need to perform.

The good feeling of a need met, or a job done well enough.

At home in your body and your surroundings, with nothing pinching or pressing.

Content in a deep way, because your days hold something that matters to you.

Free of something you’d carried for a while, like a task, a secret or a fear.

As if a weight has gone, and everything asks a little less of you.

Your doubts have eased, because of something someone said or something you found out.

Light and upbeat, in a way that often spreads to the people around you.

Quietly pleased that something happened, or that something is the way it is.

A burst of pleasure at something lovely or unexpected.

Goofy and giggly, happy to be a little ridiculous.

Free of worry for now, taking things easily and with a smile.

Unrestricted, with room to do as you like and be as you are.

Expecting that things will probably work out well.

Keen and ready for something that’s coming.

Stirred by an idea, a person or a place to make or do something.

Looked after by someone who notices what you need.

Welcome as you are, without needing to change or perform.

Protected and secure, with no need to stay on guard.

Wanting to say thank you for something someone gave or did.

Recognizing the value of something or someone.

Touched deeply by something, sometimes to the point of tears.

Fond of someone and wanting to show it, with words, a hug or a small gesture.

Friendly and kind-hearted, glad to be near someone.

Concerned for someone’s well-being and wanting to help.

Quietly lost in thought, often with a slightly serious or sad edge.

So focused on something that time slips by without you noticing.

Thinking deeply and quietly, often about bigger questions.

Something has caught your attention, and you want to keep following it.

Captivated by something, completely held by it.

Willing to consider new ideas, people or experiences.

A soft longing for something that has passed, or that can’t be.

Tender feelings stirred by memories, keepsakes or old places.

Happy and sad at the same time, often about something that has ended.

Spent, after a long run of effort.

Out of energy, often after meeting other people’s needs.

Your body is asking for sleep: heavy eyes, slow thoughts.

Nothing feels very good or very bad, as if the color has gone out of things.

A hollow feeling, as if something is missing inside.

Disconnected from yourself, from other people or from what’s happening around you.

Unable to settle, with an itch to move or do something different.

Low on energy, with little interest in doing anything.

Knowing there are things to do, but finding it hard to start any of them.

Your mind keeps coming back to something that might go wrong.

Jittery before something that matters, like a talk, a test or a first meeting.

A vague sense that something isn’t quite right, even if you can’t say what.

Under pressure, with your body tense and on alert.

Pushed by expectations, deadlines or other people’s demands.

Scattered and frayed, as if you’re pulled in too many directions.

Feeling you’re not good enough, or that you’re falling short.

Emotionally open and unguarded, aware that you could be hurt.

Questioning your own judgment, skills or choices.

Mildly annoyed, bothered by small things that pile up.

Wanting something to happen sooner than it is.

Tired of something that keeps happening, and out of patience with it.

Resentment that has settled into a lasting, sour disappointment.

Afraid of losing someone’s love or attention to someone else. People also use it for wanting what someone else has.

Treated unfairly, as if someone did something they shouldn’t have.

Sad or deflated when something falls short of what you hoped.

Hurt by someone you trusted, who broke that trust.

Not taken seriously, as if your feelings or ideas don’t count.

Cut off from other people, by circumstance or by choice.

Not included in something you wanted to be part of.

As if nobody notices you, or understands what you’re going through.

Overwhelming sadness, often after losing someone or something you loved.

The deep sorrow after a loss: of a person, a pet, a relationship or a way of life.

Feeling that things won’t get better, or that nothing you do will help. Hopelessness can feel completely true in the moment, but it often changes, especially with support.

Self-conscious after something awkward happened in front of others.

Feeling you did something wrong, and wishing you could put it right.

Deeply hurt after being made to look foolish or small in front of others.