Frustrated with your friends because they refuse to help you out of the predicament you’re in? Weltschmerz literally means ‘world pain’ and refers to a sense of world-weariness. Weltschmerz is suffered by people who perceive that physical reality is too tarnished by evil and suffering to satisfy the mind’s desires. The word was coined by German Romantic author Jean Paul and became a popular notion amongst other Romantic writers such as Heinrich Heine and Clemens Brentano. He wrote a lot about his feelings of world wearinessIch kann es nicht mehr leiden.

Source: The Local September 17, 2018 04:52 UTC