>
> When we share our feelings about things it reflects our abilities with
> which to describe those situations.
>
> Your description of emotions would seem to be primative and childish
> if i may be so bold to say; although somewhat amusing in a good way.
>
> "An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide
> variety of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. It is a prime
> determinant of the sense of subjective well-being and appears to play
> a central role in many human activities. As a result of this
> generality, the subject has been explored in many, if not all of the
> human sciences and art forms. There is much controversy concerning how
> emotions are defined and classified."
>
> To begin, many researchers distinguish feeling and emotion, where
> feeling refers to the subjective experience of the emotion. Some
> believe that emotions can occur unconsciously, and hence that emotion
> is a more general phenomenon than its subjective feeling. Feelings may
> also more narrowly refer to the experience of bodily changes.
>
> A second distinction focuses on the difference between the emotion and
> the cause of the emotion. For example do we say that thoughts about a
> loved one cause the emotion of love or that these thoughts are part of
> the emotion? One way to resolve this issue is to see whether the
> emotion can occur independently of these thoughts. Thus, thoughts
> about a particular person or situation could not be part of the
> emotion of love, since one can experience the same emotion about many
> other things. Yet could one experience love without some thought or
> other of a loved person or object? If not, then we may stipulate that
> thoughts of a loved object are part of the emotion. Some theorists
> argue that at least some emotions can be caused without any thoughts
> or indeed 'cognitive activity' at all. They point to very immediate
> reactions (e.g. LeDoux 1996), as well as the conjectured emotions of
> infants and animals as justification here. Debate on this point is
> ongoing but represents a major distinction between what are called
> 'cognitive' theories of emotions and 'non-cognitive' theories of
> emotions, where non-cognitive theories regard some other feature of
> emotions, such as bodily responses to be essential.
>
> A related distinction is between the emotion and the results of the
> emotion, principally behaviours and emotional expressions. People
> often behave in certain ways as a direct result of their emotional
> state, such as crying, fighting or fleeing. Yet again, if one can have
> the emotion without the corresponding behaviour then we may consider
> the behaviour not to be essential to the emotion. However some
> theorists such as Nico Frijda who hold a functionalist approach to
> emotions point to the idea that emotions have evolved for a particular
> function, such as to keep the subject safe. If the behaviours
> associated with an emotion are the determining factor for the very
> existence of that emotion then goal-directed behaviour should be
> regarded as essential to the emotion. Yet since we recognise that the
> behaviour need not necessarily occur, we can stipulate that emotions
> involve what are called 'action tendencies'. So for instance, fear
> involves the tendency to flee, which means that the probability that
> the subject will flee from a given situation is increased when they
> are undergoing fear."
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions
>
> Although i might be confusing your thoughts with mood:
>
> "A mood is a relatively long lasting, affective or emotional state.
> Moods differ from simple emotions in that they are less specific,
> often less intense, less likely to be triggered by a particular
> stimulus or event, and longer lasting.[1] Moods generally have either
> a positive or negative valence. In other words, people often speak of
> being in a good mood or a bad mood. Unlike acute, emotional feelings
> like fear and surprise, moods generally last for hours or days. Mood
> also differs from temperament or personality traits which are even
> more general and longer lasting. However, personality traits (e.g.
> Optimism, Neuroticism) tend to predispose certain types of moods. Mood
> is an internal, subjective state, but it often can be inferred from
> posture and other behaviors.
>
> According to the psychologist, Robert Thayer, mood is a product of two
> dimensions, energy and the tension.) A person can be energetic or
> tired while also being tense or calm. According to Thayer, people feel
> best when they are in a calm-energy mood. They feel worse when in a
> tense-tired state.
>
> People often use food to regulate mood. Thayer identifies a
> fundamental food-mood connection, and advises against the reliance on
> food as a mood regulator. The low energy arousal coupled with tension,
> as experienced in a bad mood, can be counteracted by walking. Thayer
> suggests walking as a means to enhanced happiness.
>
> Etymologically, mood derives from the Old English mōd which denoted
> military courage, but could also refer to a person's humour, temper,
> or disposition at a particular time. The cognate Gothic mōds
> translates to both θυμος "mood, spiritedness" and οργη "anger"."
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%%28psychology%%29
>
> We would prefer to hear your own opinions rather than those of others.
