Feeling Wheel
What feeling restless is like
Restlessness is being unable to settle, relax or keep still. Your body or mind wants to move, even when there's nowhere to go.
Restless or impatient?
Restless is a general inability to settle. Impatient is restlessness caused by waiting. Read more about feeling impatient.
Finding restless on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, restless sits in the Stressed group. Start in the middle of the wheel with stressed, then move outwards to restless. If it's close but not quite right, the other stressed words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Stressed group
Stressed words describe what happens when demands outrun the time or energy you have.
- Overwhelmed Feeling buried by too many demands
- Rushed Feeling hurried or under time pressure
- Distracted Feeling attention pulled away from focus
- Frustrated Feeling upset by inability to change something
- Pressured Feeling stressed by expectations or demands
- Scattered Feeling disorganised or mentally unfocused
- Impatient Feeling restless or irritated due to delay or waiting
- Depleted Feeling emotionally or physically drained with nothing left to give
- Burdened Feeling weighed down by too much responsibility or pressure
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.