Feelings accumulate from experience while emotions are immediate survival reactions

Evidence

Feeling comes about as the result of experience. Feelings develop over time, unlike emotions, which are direct results of actions that take place in the moment such as threats to survival. Feelings are associated with the past. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 244

Categorization

  • XREF: Distinguishes feeling from emotion differently than most psychology texts, which often conflate them. — connects to: Mindfulness creates resilience against impulse reactions. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 1134; Conscious attention to breath can calm the mind and emotions — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 172; Life experiences often shape contrasting definitions of success. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1637 (+10 more)
  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 244

Broader Connections