Lately, I’ve been talking to friends about the uncomfortable feeling of having to do something that I rarely do, which involves the fear of failing. I have this distressing feeling every time I do my taxes and also a particular task at work.
I’ve said to these friends, “There must be a German word, like schadenfreude, that describes that particular feeling.”
Yesterday I searched for that word and found “unbehagen.”
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I overcame my Unbehagen of accepting an AI overview like that by searching for an English word to describe the feeling.
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I feel unbehagen, unease, discomfort, perturbation, apprehension, disinclination, and awkwardness whenever I prepare for a trip, because I don’t travel that often.
I also feel all those feelings whenever I adjust to a time change, like yesterday, or whenever we are trying to defend and preserve democracy in the USA, like now.
Do you experience unbehagen as you look at my images for today?
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I’ve never searched for “unbehagen” on YouTube before, but I will overcome my unbehagen about that right now.
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Thanks to Nina Hagen, cool cats everywhere, and all my awesome friends who help me deal with unbehagen, including YOU!
Oh my god!! I loooove today’s Daily Bitch!! lol
I love that you love that!
I have serious unbehagen/unease often because of feeling as if there is something I’m forgetting to do. I especially have it on days like today, when there is nothing in particular that I have to do. I will not have it tomorrow because I have a doctor’s appointment, preparatory to getting cataract surgery in another week or so, and therefore I have a thing to do. I won’t forget it. So just having the whole day free makes me nervous? Something’s wrong here. 🙂
Nothing’s wrong there, Barbara. You’re just being human.
when it comes to failing, I’m now in a point in my life where, unless there is the potential of real danger, if I make the wrong choice, or do something that’s not done in the right way, someone will let me know and I can make it right. not much we can’t change, except for our time of passing.
I love all your words, beth.
Joan is awesome because she likes to be near water.
So do I!