Dysphoria
Etymology
From Greek “dysphoria” (discomfort), from “dysphoros,” hard to bear — “dys,” bad or hard, plus “pherein,” to carry — making it the exact mirror of euphoria. It is used in medicine and psychology for a state of pervasive discontent, as in the clinical terms for mood and gender dysphoria.
noun · /dis-FOR-ee-uh/
A profound state of unease, dissatisfaction, or distress with one’s condition or self.
What it names
The persistent, grinding wrongness of feeling out of place in your circumstances or your own body.
Example
The antidepressant lifted the worst of the dysphoria that had shadowed every ordinary morning.
Related idea
A passing discontent is aimed at some external circumstance; dysphoria is deeper and more totalizing, colouring one’s felt relation to the self.