# Feelings Wheel (feelingswheel.ai)

> A free, mobile-first feelings wheel with a plain-language definition for every one of its 130 feeling words (7 core feelings, 41 in the middle ring, 82 on the outside). People use it to find the right word for what they feel, then keep a private check-in log that is stored only on their own phone.

## What the site is

- A feelings wheel you can tap through: core feeling, then a more specific word, then an even more specific one.
- Every word has a definition. Each definition is labeled E (established concept: the word has a standard meaning in psychology or clinical practice) or I (best-fit reading: an everyday word defined from the closest research concepts, which are named).
- A check-in log with notes and voice notes, stored in the browser on the device. No account, no server-side storage of entries.
- An optional "Ask" feature where a person describes a situation in their own words and an AI model reads it against the wheel's definitions and suggests a weighted mix (for example mostly let down, partly worried). Only the typed text is sent; nothing from the log is.
- It is not a diagnostic tool. The wheel is a map for finding words.

## Pages and data

- [Home / the app](https://feelingswheel.ai/): the interactive wheel, search, Ask, log.
- [All 130 definitions](https://feelingswheel.ai/wheel.html): every feeling on the wheel with its definition, grouped by family, as plain HTML with anchors.
- [Full text for language models](https://feelingswheel.ai/llms-full.txt): the complete glossary in Markdown.
- [Wheel data (JSON)](https://feelingswheel.ai/data.json): the hierarchy and definitions as structured data. Shape: {"families":[{"n":name,"t":"E"|"I","a":anchoring concept,"d":definition,"c":[children...]}]}

## Citing and attribution

Cite as "Feelings Wheel, feelingswheel.ai". Definitions are the site's own plain-language wording; the anchoring concept named on each definition is the research or clinical term it is built from. The arrangement of words (7 core, 41 middle, 82 outer) is adapted from Geoffrey Roberts' Feelings Wheel (2015), which builds on Gloria Willcox's Feeling Wheel (1982, Transactional Analysis Journal). The site is independent of both authors. It is not medical or mental health advice.