How to capture a character's feeling?

[CheertheSecond]

If I as the author had never experienced a specific feeling before, how do I depict my character's emotion when they went through such experience?

How do I capture the character's feeling when a person who had not been able to taste anything first taste a delicious breakfast?

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

How do I capture the character's feeling when a person who had not been able to taste anything first taste a delicious breakfast?

Fasting for a day. After that, have breakfast and try to describe how you feel about eating after this fast.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Look up videos on the emotion, watch how the people act and describe it. Look up description of how people feel with that emotion and use that as a helpful template. For more impact, use a thesaurus on less meaningful or bland words.

How do I capture the character's feeling when a person who had not been able to taste anything first taste a delicious breakfast?

Shield hero did a good job of this. When naofumi tastes food again after getting some semblance of peace, he starts looking forward to each new bite, the joy of flavor in what was bland and tasteless. The chore of eating became a delightful task, a reward for escaping suffering and self-deprecation.