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This also fits with what I know of depression. When I've been depressed in the past, I didn't feel sad, hopeless or worthless, the way some people describe, I just didn't enjoy anything or care about anything. (I now know the term for that is "anhedonia".)
The Whippet #153: Shake off the shackles of the page
Tsundoku is a Japanese word for the uncomfortable feeling of having too many books to read. It’s also the MO of contemporary life.
Ana Andjelic • The Business of Aspiration: How Social, Cultural, and Environmental Capital Changes Brands
In Japanese, there’s a word for this: gaman (我慢), enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity. There’s no real English synonym, which might explain why we’re drowning in the male loneliness epidemic, dopamine addiction, hustle-culture nihilism, and the self-care industrial complex.
The five most recent comments included “cringeworthy,” “repulsively fussy and flowery,” “pretentious,” and “yoga babble.”
Peter Swenson • I Have Long Covid. Don’t Call My Chronic Disease a ‘Journey’
どく / むしPoison / Bug