In Jung’s model, the feeling function is not connected with emotions, as some people assume. Feelings and emotions are distinct energy systems in the psyche. When people feel, they are actually assigning value. If you feel love toward another person, you are assigning the highest value to that person, affirming that person’s worth, value. When you feel that something is beautiful, you are again assigning a value or recognizing a value in that thing. Therefore the feeling function could better be called the valuing function.
Feelings last about 40 seconds neurologically, emotions are resonant from those brief experiences and through ruminating can become prolonged.
