Toska = Russian. Vladmir Nabokov:
No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
It’s like wishing for nothing in life and feels like doing nothing though there is no depression. You could say absence of inspiration, ambition , creativity. It feels like having no feeling of doing anything. No wishes though being a normal person have to wish for financial stability, a car, a house, a marriage, travelling, a job… feels like wanting nothing a longing feeling. Compare it to the french ennui.
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