Feelings are a complex affective state, a combination of emotional and imaginative elements, more or less clear and stable, which persists without any stimulus. The feeling is a construction constituted of mixtures of emotions.
While emotion gives energy that translates into bodily movement and lasts only a few minutes, feelings color thoughts in a more lasting way.
<aside> <img src="/icons/search_blue.svg" alt="/icons/search_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Example : The feeling of guilt is composed of fear and self-directed anger, whereas these two are primary emotions. It can live in us longer than anger and fear without any stimulus because it is fed by our imagination... and therefore devour us.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> We sometimes tend to confuse emotion with feeling or sensation so here is a quick reminder.
→ Caused by a stimulus → Lasts few minutes → Imply physiological reaction
→ Mixtures of emotions → Lasts for some time → Persist without stimulus
→ Many factors → As long as stimulus → Emotions information
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