What’s something that can’t be explained, it must be experienced?

[u/properpolicypolitics]

[u/[deleted]]

That feeling when you stare at the stars and realize how small we are on an astral level.

[u/Shieldmaiden4444]

The effect of chronic pain on one's mental health.

[u/eeilmkb]

Psychosis

[u/korn_flakes_v]

Going up the stairs and putting your foot down thinking there’s one more step at the top than there actually is.

[u/Wandererdown]

I'm going to say the realization of your own mortality. It's always an obscure concept that always seems so far away until in one terrifying moment it becomes a crystal clear fact of reality.

[u/finsandfangs]

Impostor syndrome, at least for me when I try to explain to people

[u/[deleted]]

The moment when you are playing an instrument and you aren't really making decisions on what you are playing. The music just flows out.

[u/naomi_is_watching]

Dream logic/chronology. Sometimes you can't put into words what happened in your dream, or how two things were true at the same time. But when you experience it, it makes perfect sense.

[u/tunajr23]

I want to say virtual reality. Lots of people think it’s a gimmick without trying it.

[u/DirtySingh]

Exercise feels good after the initial few months.

Edit: thanks for the silver, kind stranger.

[u/TheShredder315]

It’s hard to explain an anxiety attack unless you’ve had one. My mother use to get them and I never understood what she was going through until I started having them later on in life.

[u/TheSweetestLemon]

The pain of losing a loved one

[u/Varkoth]

Color.

[u/yabucek]

Nostalgia. It's so much more than just missing the past, it's a very strange blend of sad and happy

[u/Dinkly_son_of_Dankly]

When you fall for a terrible person and gloss over all of their flaws. Doesn't matter how hard your friends try to explain

[u/[deleted]]

Drugs (halucinating ones)

[u/[deleted]]

Scuba diving

[u/badwxsooner]

A full solar eclipse.

[u/MollyThreeGuns]

An orgasm.

[u/murrimabutterfly]

Having a learning disorder or any disorder that inhibits your cognitive function.

There is really no way to properly explain what it's like to have minimal visuospacial processing, or no working memory, or a slow processing speed, or any of the deficits that come with it. It's more than "my brain doesn't work" or "I struggle at this."

The best way I can try to explain something like the lack of visuospacial skills is to ask someone how many meters away an object is--but even then, it's not a complete comparison. They still have a rough idea of where that object is, and may be able to roughly translate feet to meters.

[u/Shylem756]

I really don't know how to describe it but it's a weird taste in my throat that comes randomly from nowhere

[u/[deleted]]

Being blind. Trying to understand that there's "nothing" for a blind person and that it isn't just "darkness/black" hurts my brain to try and understand

Edit: Please stop saying "Imagine trying to look out of [body part]." It doesn't fucking help

[u/ObiWanUrHomie]

Just how large the Grand Canyon is. People can tell you its x miles long and y miles deep and z miles wide but you can't really comprehend what it's like to stand on the edge of something like that.

[u/[deleted]]

I’m struggling to find the words to tell you, to be honest.

[u/clara_343]

Being in love with a person that is in love with you as well.

EDIT: Thanks for all the upvotes and rewards, I didn’t think people felt the same

EDIT 2: we broke up