leidenfreude
A word coined by author and poet John Koenig,
A sense of paradoxical relief when something bad happens to you, confirming the intrusive thoughts about who you are, and what you deserve for not being as good of a person as people think you are.
A sense of paradoxical relief when something bad happens to you, confirming the intrusive thoughts about who you are, and what you deserve for not being as good of a person as people think you are.
I felt a sense of leidenfreude when my partner broke up with me.