Understanding your own emotions

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I think everyone has this problem, NT's included. I have heard many times from a NT that they don't know how to feel about something. They are unable to express or react to something because they can't understand how they are feeling. Theirs so many feelings and emotions. How can anyone recognize and express them in the same way. And this is only in English. Other culture have different ways to express and communicate emotions. Too me many of the things on the list below are the same. How can one distinguish so many of them? How does one express acceptance? I know what acceptance means but how does one feel it?


A
acceptance
admiration
adoration
affection
afraid
agitation
aggressive
aggravation
agony
alarm
alienation
amazement
amusement
anger
angry
anguish
annoyance
anticipation
anxiety
apprehension
assured
astonishment
attachment
attraction
awe

B
bewitched
bitterness
bliss
blue
boredom

C
calculating
calm
capricious
caring
cautious
charmed
cheerful
closeness
compassion
composed
contempt
concerned
contentment
crabby
crazed
crazy
cross
cruel

D
defeat
defiance
delighted
dependence
depressed
desire
disappointment
disapproval
discontent
disenchanted
disgust
disillusioned
dislike
dismay
displeasure
dissatisfied
distraction
distress
disturbed
dread

E
eager
earnest
easy-going
ecstasy
ecstatic
elation
embarrassment
emotion
emotional
enamored
enchanted
enjoyment
enraged
enraptured
enthralled
enthusiasm
envious
envy
equanimity
euphoria
exasperation
excited
exhausted
extroverted
exuberant

F
fascinated
fear
fearful
ferocity
fondness
fright
frightened
frustration
furious
fury

G
generous
glad
gloomy
glum
greedy
grief
grim
grouchy
grumpy
guilt

H
happiness
happy
homesick
hopeless
horror
hostility
humiliation
hurt
hysteria

I
infatuated
insecurity
insulted
interested
introverted
irritation
isolation

J
jaded
jealous
jittery
jolliness
jolly
joviality
jubilation
joy

K
keen
kind
kindhearted
kindly

L
laid back
lazy
like
liking
loathing
lonely
longing
loneliness
love
lulled
lust

M
mad
misery
modesty
mortification

N
naughty
neediness
neglected
nervous
nirvana

O
open
optimism
ornery
outgoing
outrage

P
panic
passion
peaceful
pensive
pessimism
pity
placid
pleased
pride
pushy

Q
quarrelsome
queasy
querulous
quick-witted
quiet
quirky

R
rage
rapture
rejection
relief
relieved
remorse
repentance
resentment
revulsion
roused

S
sad
sadness
sarcastic
sardonic
satisfaction
scared
scorn
self-assured
sentimentality
serenity
shame
shock
sorrow
sorry
spellbound
spite
stingy
submission
suffering
surprise
sympathy

T
tenderness
tense
terror
threatening
thrill
timidity
torment
tranquil
triumph
trust

U
uncomfortable
unhappiness
unhappy
upset

V
vain
vanity
venal
vengeful
vigilance
vivacious

W
wary
watchfulness
weariness
weary
woe
wonder
worried
wrathful

Z
zeal
zest

I also get affected by my moods, and get carried away from time to time, feeling angry at everything, or feeling so happy that inappropriate things amuse me. Even when I can tell that it's happening, I may find it difficult to snap out of it.