Sometimes you're thirsty, but mistake it for hunger, so you eat without ever really being satisfied. I feel like emotions are the same. You can think you're bored but be anxious, passionate but really just angry, etc. I think we've got all the emotions, but I wonder if we'll ever find a way to get closer to being aware of our own emotions.

I over heard a friend saying, "of course Israelis are like that! Look at their language: they've got one word for 'happy' and 'eleven' for angry." It's obviously not true (well, the language part is true--13 'angry's vs 2 'happy's on wikipedia), but it made me think about how poorly words represent emotions sometimes. "Happy" is shown as this loud, flowery thing with lots of smiling and running around, but real happiness always happens to me like something really peaceful and warm.