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o a state of depression.</p><p id="686e">It’s a feeling from comparing the actual state of the world to the ideal image of how the world should be, and knowing that the picture in your head can never exist.</p><p id="a45c"><i>Tag me @treelangdon or add a message to this post if you’d like to connect. I’m a ‘Top Writer’ in Poetry on Medium. Find me on <a href="https://twitter.com/treemillie">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TreeLangdon/">Facebook</a>.</i></p></article></body>

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The Reality of the World is not My Intention

Weltschmerz

Depression — Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

As I see the world

reality brings to me

depressing feelings.

Weltschmerz is a compound noun made from the words Welt (world) and Schmerz (pain). It, therefore, translates to ‘world pain’

The nearest English equivalent to Weltschmerz is world-weariness. It’s sometimes compared to a state of depression.

It’s a feeling from comparing the actual state of the world to the ideal image of how the world should be, and knowing that the picture in your head can never exist.

Tag me @treelangdon or add a message to this post if you’d like to connect. I’m a ‘Top Writer’ in Poetry on Medium. Find me on Twitter and Facebook.

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