Very well put! I'm always impressed with thoughtful writing that is fluid and natural to follow as a reader. Just curious, do you write a lot?

And on the actual topic, I'd add that observation of such feelings, and their relation to physical, mental, and social events and environment, is often an important starting point. I've been surprised myself at how much some pretty simple causality had been obscured by ad hoc constructions. For whatever reason, THC has been quite a tool for me to make those underlying foundations obvious.