A feeling by any other name would be a thought

Our thoughts are often labels of our feelings. When we think I’m hungry, I want to eat, we are labeling a specific feeling – the feeling of hunger. It is easy to see why this is a feeling – we all know what hunger feels like. It is that empty sensation in the stomach, perhaps accompanied by gurgling noises. To think, or to say, I’m hungry when we feel this way is so natural we don’t even notice it.