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Acceptance of Loss
| The ability to transfer the emotional bond from a person who has died onto their memory | |
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Alienation
| Distrusting yourself. Alienation is the inverse of paranoia, which involves distrusting someone or something outside of yourself. | |
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Being Wrong
| The emotion associated with discovering that one’s prediction was wrong. | |
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Catharsis
| The experience of purging strong emotions. Clearing or purifying by getting rid of unhealthy tension. | |
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Confusion
| The feeling of being bewildered or unclear | |
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Connection
| Feeling linked or bonded to others in community. | Togetherness |
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Courage
| The feeling of being genuinely afraid of something and simultaneously bold enough to face it. Bravery. | |
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Curiosity
| When we feel we have some idea about an answer, but are unconfident about what that answer is. The active form of wonder. Where the first form of wonder is passive (essentially pausing in astonishment as a miracle washes over you), curiosity is active. | |
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Dissociation
| Sense of detachment from what is happening | Resignation |
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Empathy
| The feeling of understanding another person’s actions. You may not condone the actions or identify with the person, but you accept that their actions weren’t wrong | |
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Empowerment
| The feeling of knowing and claiming your rights. You feel that you have the freedom and power to control what happens to you. | |
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Existential Nausea
| Despair in the face of a meaningless universe. | |
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Frustration
| An emotional response to the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of an individual’s will or goal. Frustration is likely to increase when a will or goal is denied or blocked. | |
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Gratification
| Satisfaction that a character you identify with gets what they want | |
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I need help deciding on an experience
| The option selected when a contributor wants guidance from the WonderCat editorial team when deciding on an experience | |
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I want to propose a new experience term
| The option selected when a contributor wants to propose a new experience term for the WonderCat glossary. | |
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Identification
| Recognizing, in a character’s experience, a conflict that you have experienced | Double Identification |
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Immersion
| Absorbing or engrossing involvement in a story. You might feel as though you’ve been swallowed by the story. | |
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Love
| Affection, attraction, and emotional attachment | Generous Love |
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Mind Wandering
| Having thoughts unrelated to a specific task | |
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Moral Omniscience
| A clear sense of what is right and what is wrong | |
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Nimbleness
| The feeling that you are prepared to handle a variety of situations. | |
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Optimism
| The belief the positive outcomes are more likely than negative ones | |
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Paranoia
| A feeling of threat triggered by environmental irregularities | |
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Ready to Grow
| Realizing that there are things you could do to improve as a person | |
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Relearning
| Learning something you have learned in the past and partially forgotten | |
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Released Emotion Brake
| Feeling comfortable enough to experience emotions after feeling numb to emotions because of traumatic experiences | |
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Relief
| The easing of distress | |
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Resilience
| Relief from the negative feelings you experience when you fail (self-loathing, self-hatred, rumination, etc.) | |
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Righteousness
| Resentful anger aroused by an act that you believe is immoral. | Outrage |
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Self-Acceptance
| Accepting yourself without shame or disgust | |
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Self-Efficacy
| The belief that you are capable of accomplishing a specific goal | |
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Self-Irony
| Recognizing that you resemble a character being satirized in a story. Because you recognize that you are not perfect, you are able to laugh at yourself. | |
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Self-Love
| Affection for your own nature, flaws and all. | |
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Self-Trust
| Believing that you can rely on your own abilities to navigate the world | |
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Skepticism
| A doubting or questioning state of mind | |
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Sober Uplift
| Spirits raised without intoxication | |
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Stress
| bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that disrupt equilibrium | Distress, Eustress |
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Superiority
| An elevated view (God’s-Eye view) of a situation | |
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Suspended Judgment
| Being unsure how to evaluate something that is unfamiliar | |
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Thinking "What If?"
| The state of imagining possibilities that do not exist | |
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Tranquility
| a peaceful calm state, without worry | |
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Wonder
| An uplifting emotional experience of discovery. | Awe |