Is it just the chemicals in our brains? Like I’m pretty sure guts don’t have that system.
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Go read [How Emotions Are Made](https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/how-emotions-are-made/). I just finished it and it has completely changed my view of emotion. The punchline is this: emotion is your interpretation of the state of your body in your current situation. It’s not the *result* of the interpretation; it’s not the *cause* of the interpretation; it’s not *the same as* the interpretation; it’s the interpretation itself.
Thoughts can affect the state of the body, and you can then interpret that change as a different emotion… but the feeling is still the interpretation.
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