Feeling Wheel
What feeling weak is like
Feeling weak means lacking strength or ability, physically or emotionally. It can follow illness, a setback or giving in when you meant to stand firm.
Weak or helpless?
Weak is feeling you lack strength. Helpless is feeling you can't act at all. Read more about feeling helpless.
Finding weak on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, weak sits in the Ashamed group. Start in the middle of the wheel with ashamed, then move outwards to weak. If it's close but not quite right, the other ashamed words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Ashamed group
Ashamed words are about how you see yourself, often after being judged or after judging yourself.
- Inadequate Feeling not good enough
- Inferior Feeling lower in status or quality than others
- Worthless Feeling without value or purpose
- Embarrassed Feeling awkward or self-conscious
- Insecure Feeling uncertain or lacking confidence
- Ridiculed Feeling mocked or laughed at
- Insulted Feeling offended by someone's words or actions
- Mocked Feeling made fun of or ridiculed
- Humiliated Feeling publicly shamed or made to feel foolish
- Guilty Feeling responsible or remorseful for a wrong or mistake
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.