Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, sensation, and behavior reflecting the personal significance of a thing, event, or state of affairs. Emotions are conscious mental reactions subjectively experienced as strong feelings usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body. Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. Emotions are reactions to stimuli, but feelings are what we experience as a result of emotions. An emotion is normally quite short-lived.
Emotions are central to what it means to be human. We feel deeply, and those emotions often lead us to do things. Emotions are also a key ingredient in well-being. Its hard to imagine well-being without happiness. And emotions like sadness and anxiety can make well-being more difficult to achieve.
