Friday, 16 October 2009

The difference between feeling and emotion

Emotion: Outburst. 
Emotion is a general mental state that can be expressed in many ways.
Emotion can be the sign that you are having a feeling. You may express anger at something emotionally. 

Feeling: You take it in, you express the feeling.
The feeling comes from deep within. You only have to be a human being to feel it. It doesn't have to come out. 

I interpret feelings as deep thinking. 

Example: You can "feel" security and love, or anger and jealousy. 

One can argue that it is a matter of language definition, but that is grossly inaccurate. 
One can usually express why they are having a certain emotion, the same may not be true for feeling. 

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