A feeling of weariness with the same old issues that have always bothered you, the same boring flaws and anxieties you've been gnawing on for years. It's the exhaustion that comes from being stuck with yourself and your recurring problems.
From German 'alt' (old) and 'schmerz' (pain), literally meaning 'old pain.' This compound follows the German tradition of creating precise emotional vocabulary, similar to 'weltschmerz' (world-pain), reflecting the language's capacity for nuanced psychological states.
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