Coenaesthesis

/koʊˌɛsθiˈsɪs/ noun

Definition

A feeling of unified bodily sensation or shared sensory experience; the general bodily sense of awareness.

Etymology

From Greek co- (together) + anaesthesis (sensation, from an- 'without' + aesthesis 'feeling'). This medical/philosophical term describes how the body creates one unified feeling from multiple sensations.

Kelly Says

Your brain constantly combines signals from thousands of nerve endings into one smooth feeling of 'being in your body'—coenaesthesis is that mysterious glue that makes you feel whole rather than like a collection of separate parts.

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