We can feel a variety of emotions - even on a single subject. Because of this, it is possible to experience momentary "false emotions." These false emotions seem real but only occur for a small amount of the time. They are best understood as "emotional anomalies" (possibly due to the particular combination of circumstances that day, etc.).
If one is experiencing cognitive dissonance (or something similar to it) it is possible to give too much credibility to emotional anomalies if they occur.
True judgment looks at trends of emotions rather than one or two anomalies (ex. experiencing consistent feelings of peace rather than just one small moment). Trends tend to be correct whereas momentary feelings can be very random and untrustworthy.
The problem with knowing how this works is that a person can attempt to deceive themselves by artificially trying to create a trend of emotions to justify a decision.
Essentially, I'm saying that fear disrupts judgment whereas genuine faith in the truth as the best solution allows one to "see things as they really are."
It should also be noted that perception is an issue in this. If one does not perceive an option correctly, one may feel kind of good about it when, upon further inspection, that option is not actually what we thought it was. Thus, decisions made within a limited time frame are subject to the problem of incorrect perceptions being made. Time is a great refiner.
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