I think you already understand what emotions are - you nailed it in the OP:
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I believe emotions are chemically and electrically induced and that for various reasons those chemicals vary in potency from day to day and that we may react differently to stimuli based on their levels and interaction. Sometimes they change based on our senses, sometimes our thoughts and perspective.
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There isn't much more that could be said about what emotions are without diving head-first into neurology-speak and a full technical/esoteric discussion into the limbic system and the evolution of emotions.
If I may be so bold, I'd say that you're stuck in a loop of awe at the complexity of the mind, rather than a genuine lack of understanding - it happens to me and my friends all the time - and just like what happened to you, the contemplation eats up a lot of time...
If you haven't already, I suggest picking up some materials on the mind, and I'll recommend a few which I've found particularly interesting:
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I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. ~H.A. Overstreet
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