Definition: That gut-punch feeling when you obsess over a baffling, unresolved true crime case, especially disappearances or unsolved murders. It leaves you mentally stuck, endlessly replaying the scant details like a broken record, desperate for answers that never come.
It’s the mental Netflix pause button jammed on a horrifying story with no finale. You know the victims deserve justice and closure, but the lack of resolution creates a persistent, unsettling itch in your brain that just won’t fade. Justice blue-balls.
Example:
Every night, Sarah replays the scant clues of the Springfield Doe case, desperate for answers that never come, leaving her mentally exhausted.
That documentary on the Lane family disappearance triggered intense justice blue-balls; the lack of resolution keeps him awake, obsessively searching forums.