words of the year:
2023 - rumination - rumination is when you repeat the same negative thoughts as a loop in your mind. This habit can be damaging as it can intensify mental illness and inhibit your thought processing ability.

2024 - limerence - limerence is a state of mind which results from romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated.

2025 - obsolescence - the process of becoming obsolete or outdated and no longer used.

2026 - nihilism - the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.