First of all, I found that a feelings wheel is a wonderful tool for helping me to understand precisely how I am feeling at any moment. But especially when I experience strong emotions. Then, I can go to my feelings wheel (which is printed out big poster size and is hung up in my living room and one in my office too!) and pick and choose from the various types of emotions that fall under the general cateogories of: happy, sad, surprized, disgust, fear, or anger.
Check it out: Feelings (Emotions) Wheel
Bordeom
Boredom
This comes up regularly in smartrecovery meetings. My own experience with perceptions of boredom lead me to choose this emotion as one to spend some time on straight out of the emotion gate. Coming soon!