Reply To: Do you get Bored Easily? Would you get Bored Alone in a White Room?

[Faex]

@Puffs, @Hrafn, I think you guys understand emotions quite differently from me. I'd never describe boredom in terms of emotions. It's more of a sensory experience. What Hrafn says about visceral recollections (boy, don't I have them- the worse the experience, the more visceral! Lol) also seems to me like a sensation.
When I think "emotions", I'm thinking generally of things like:
Positive emotions- Love, joy, desire
Negative emotions- Hate, anger, hurt, disappointment, sadness
I'm not sure I'd describe fear as an emotion either, unless it's connected to the heart somehow. It's more of sensory reaction to a perceived threat of some kind, although I could see it as a mix of both.
I guess, for me, emotions are mostly heart matters. I'd never in a million years think of boredom as an emotion. Puff I can't help but think your non-Fness may be responsible for you thinking it's the same kind of thing as the ones I listed? Not meant as a dig, just genuinely wondering why it seems natural to you to think boredom is an emotion.
I can certainly experience emotions in response to boredom though. I can be angry, for example. Irritated. Annoyed. I can have a sense of "defeat" or sadness. But these are responses to the boredom, not the boredom itself?