A feeling is your experience of the emotion and its context. A thought is all the words you use to describe it. Our thoughts often skip labeling the emotion. We say "I feel like I'm not enough," but really, we are experiencing the emotions of fear and sadness.

Do thoughts create feelings?

Thoughts and emotions have a profound effect on one another. Thoughts can trigger emotions (worrying about an upcoming job interview may cause fear) and also serve as an appraisal of that emotion (“this isn't a realistic fear”). In addition, how we attend to and appraise our lives has an effect on how we feel.

Are emotions separate from thoughts?

They actually originate in separate parts of the brain. Thoughts are a product of your cerebral cortex, whereas feelings originate from your limbic system, an area buried far more deeply in your brain. Your thoughts offer you information and logic, whereas your emotions offer you direction, motivation and connection.