Emotions and Feelings
Emotion: a physical response to change that is hard-wired and universal.
Feeling: Mental associations and other reactions to an emotion that are personal, and acquired through experience.
Emotions prompt feelings.
- emotion
- feeling
Emotions come from a nervous system response. Feelings originate from our interpretation of events and sensations.
A fundamental difference between feelings and emotions is that feelings are experienced consciously, while emotions manifest either consciously or subconsciously.
Feelings and emotions are highly interconnected but are two very different things.
Emotions are lower level responses occurring in the subcortical regions of the brain, the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortices, creating biochemical reactions in your body altering your physical state. They originally helped our species survive by producing quick reactions to threat.
The amygdala plays a role in emotional arousal and regulates the release of neurotransmitters essential for memory consolidation which is why emotional memories can be so much stronger and longer-lasting. Emotions precede feelings, emotions are physical and instinctual.
Feelings originate in the neocortical regions of the brain, are mental associations and reactions to emotions, and are subjective- Feelings are influenced by personal experience, beliefs, and memories.
A feeling is a mental portrayal of what is going on in your body when you have an emotion and is the byproduct of your brain perceiving and assigning meaning to the emotion.
Feelings are mental experiences of body states, which arise as the brain interprets the emotions arising from the body’s response to external stimuli.
The order of such events is: I am threatened, experience fear, and then feel horror.
Emotions play out in the body. Feelings play out in the mind.
Feelings are sparked by emotions and colored by the thoughts, memories, and images that have become subconsciously linked with that particular emotion for you. But it works the other way around too. For example, just thinking about something threatening can trigger an emotional fear response. While individual emotions are temporary, the feelings they evoke may persist and grow over a lifetime.
Emotions cause subconscious feelings which in turn initiate emotions. While basic emotions are instinctual and common to us all, the meanings they take on and the feelings they prompt are individually based on our programming- past and present.
Feelings are shaped by a person’s temperament and experiences. Your emotions and feelings play a powerful role and how you experience and interact with the world because they are the driving force behind many behaviors, helpful and unhelpful.
It’s possible to react to emotions and the feelings they evoke which are guided by unconscious fear-based perceptions which you may not buy- into anymore, yet you’re living your life, making decisions and behaving according to these outdated tendencies.
By understanding the difference between and becoming aware of your emotions and feelings, determining which is which in their root causes, and then inserting conscious thought followed by deliberate action, you can choose how you navigate and experience the world.
In neuroscience, emotions are more or less the complex reactions the body has to certain stimuli.
When we are afraid of something, our hearts begin to race, our mouths become dry, our skin turns pale and our muscles contract. This emotional reaction occurs automatically and unconsciously.
Feelings occur after we become aware in our brain of such physical changes.
Emotions form feelings / Feelings are formed by emotions.
The brain is constantly receiving signals from the body, registering what is going on inside of us. It then processes the signals in neural maps, which it then compiles in the so-called somatosensory centers.
Feelings occur when the maps are red and it becomes apparent that the emotional changes have been recorded – as snapshots of our physical state.
Emotions are neuro-physiological reactions unleashed by an external or internal stimulus. Feelings are a self-perception of specific emotions, being a subjective expression of emotions. Emotions and feelings give rise to
‘somatic markers’ which influence our decision making.
Emotions and feelings mark the different options available for our decision making either as alarms to prevent options that could unleash negative emotions or as invitations to those that are most probable to generate positive outcomes.
Emotions, come from a nervous system response feelings originate from our interpretation of events.
Emotions represent the body’s alarm and survival system.
In order to have a feeling, it’s necessary to think about what has happened (value the emotion), reflect, and thus begin to elaborate on it psychologically.
Because emotions come and go quickly, our body has another assessment and motivation mechanism: feelings.
Feelings represent the remnants of emotions. One of the main differences between emotions and feelings is that a feeling develops little by little. Emotions are very powerful while feelings are not as intense.
Emotions prompt feelings.
Emotion- a physical response to change that is hard-wired and universal. Feelings – mental associations and other reactions to an emotion that are personal, and acquired through experience.
Emotion: a physical response to change that is hard-wired and universal.
Feeling: Mental associations and other reactions to an emotion that are personal, and acquired through experience.
Emotions prompt feelings.
- emotion
- feeling