Difference between feeling and emotion

 Feelings are sensations. There are six of them:

1. Happy / joy / pleasing
2. Sad
3. Anger
4. Fear
5. Surprise
6. Disgust

Emotions have three components:

1. Feeling
2. Thinking
3. Somatic / bodily feeling / sensation

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Now comes my conclusion.

Feelings are normal and need to be addressed by using them to deal with things of the past (sad), present (anger), future (fear). When they are not addressed they constitute a racket in Transactional Analysis theory. They are then used as a means to extract ‘strokes’ - attention seeking from others.

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That much said it is my considered opinion that emotions are connected to psychic memories’ activation.

These are the components of activated psychic memories:

1. Thinking
2. Feeling
3. Understanding
4. Meaning
5. Experience
6. Related I-You-They-It Fine / Not Fine conclusion.

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