ㄴ다 싶다

when it feels like ~

-ㄴ다 싶다 reports your own read on a situation as it develops, and six of these lines run on into 싶으면 or 싶을 때, making it a trigger: 자존감이 떨어진다 싶을 때 (when I sense my self-esteem dropping), 버려진다 싶으면 (when it feels like I'm being discarded). Compare -구나 싶다, which reports a realisation after the event; -ㄴ다 싶다 catches it as it starts.

Register: conversational