What separates words and feelings?

Question

Words are attempts to explain abstractions. Abstractions are only understood by the feelings. The essence lies between the words and the feelings.

Answer 1

Feelings are information from Self to Self.
Words are information from Self to Others.
To give words to feelings requires information
to pass from Self to Self to Others, with numerous
interpretations back and forth along that continuum.
(And, just to add some more irons in this pot: Hearing
oneself say words invokes feelings which can close
the circuit, because the result is Self to Self to Self and Others! That third Self path restarts the circuit. Hence, be
careful what you say, as you, too, will hear it!)

Now, about interpretations:

Interpretations are cognitive.
Thinking and feeling are not the same processes.
Abstractions are cognitive, perhaps invoking feelings.

Emotions are expressions of feelings.

"Abstractions are only understood by the feelings"
is incongruent with the above statements.

"For something to be true, its equal and opposite must also be true." (n.a., n.d.) As an exercise in discovery, try reversing your statements:

Words are misattempts to explain abstractions.
Abstractions are only misunderstood by the words.
The gap lies between the feelings and the words.
Bingo!

Answer 2

Words can explain the concrete as well as the abstract.
Words are a means to make others understand (but it can also be "have an idea of") my own experience. Still it is my own, and a part of it depends on experience, so it stays in me.
Words are expressions of what lies in my brain (both sides, since both have something that can be expressed in words). Words express ideas about things I have experienced, amongst others, feelings. But feeling is experiencing, so I can only express in words the ideas I have gained out of my experience.
The feeling itself must be felt to be known.

Answer 3

Very little. The words that come out of one's mouth will generally be the same as the feelings that underly them. That is the dangerous and destructive part of lying, the subconscious mind cannot process correctly when the words and feelings are in contradiction.

Answer 4

Words are attempts and can at best imitate reality.
Feelings are results and virtual reality.
The ability to convey a feeling or evoke a precise feeling with words is what separates the 'writers' from 'babblers'.

Answer 5

I'd say that your feelings are your brain's first reaction to the world, reactions to which your consious reacts and translates.

Words are what you're left with afterwards.

But I guess since you asked this under philosophy, you'd be more pleased by an answer along the lines of
Feelings are true, words could never be

Answer 6

Knowledge.

Answer 7

I agree that it is right brain/left brain. The right brain is creative and spontaneous. The left brain is logical and can separate feelings from facts.

Answer 8

Get them different colors with different styles. When thinking of a tattoo you should always do a visual of what it will look like on your arm because it will be there forever.

Answer 9

Eternity.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 10

style of expressing words and ability to understand ( feel) that expression.