Wrong: I feel amazed.
Right: I am amazed.
Amazement is not an emotion. It is a MENTAL STATE.
Wrong: I feel indifferent.
Right: I am indiferent.
Indifference is not an emotion. It is an ATTITUDE.
Right: I feel nothing.
Correct, bearing in mind that apathy is essentially a PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION bordering on neurosis.
Especially if you are a writer, know your emotions, their terms, their descriptions, and their references. Do not mix apples with oranges. Otherwise your readers will be walking around with your ignorance in their pockets.
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