*complicated* feeling
I googled complex and complicated, and read the definition of these adjectives from a dictionary.

He has a *complex* feeling to get along with his raging mom.
1. If he can not get along with his mom, should I use *complicated* feeling instead?
2. If he can get along with his mom, should I use *complex* feeling instead?
3. If what I wrote is wrong, is there a natural way to say? Thank you!
4. Are these examples right?
complex imagination, complex factors, complex ingredients, complex history,
complicated questions which scientists never resolve, complicated feeling between hate and love, a complicated civilization of Maya

Thank you for your help!

Reference:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/10459/what-is-the-difference-between-complicated-and-complex
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/complicated-complex-knowing-difference-important-will-allen

Question

*complicated* feeling
I googled complex and complicated, and read the definition of these adjectives from a dictionary.

He has a *complex* feeling to get along with his raging mom.
1. If he can not get along with his mom, should I use *complicated* feeling instead?
2. If he can get along with his mom, should I use *complex* feeling instead?
3. If what I wrote is wrong, is there a natural way to say?  Thank you!
4. Are these examples right?
complex imagination, complex factors, complex ingredients, complex history, 
complicated questions which scientists never resolve, complicated feeling between hate and love, a complicated civilization of Maya

Thank you for your help!

Reference:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/10459/what-is-the-difference-between-complicated-and-complex
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/complicated-complex-knowing-difference-important-will-allen

Answer

1. Use "complicated" for feelings.
2. Same as above.
3. People often refer to feelings in difficult situations as "complicated". It usually means they cannot express their feelings adequately.
4. The examples look all right to me.
complex imagination, complex factors, complex ingredients, complex history, 
complicated questions which scientists never resolve, complicated feeling between hate and love, a complicated civilization of Maya

Answer

Hi Shannon, Thank you for your comments.
For him, It's been very difficult to communicate with his mom for a long time.  So sometimes he feels sad, angry, frustrated, empathy about her when his mom has a serious quarrel with him, or she always likes to say bitter things to someone.  But I think the mom aren't angry at nothing.  She is just picky,  stubborn and has a control freak in lots of things which are done by her rules and regulations.
Thank you!

Answer

I might use different phrasing!

His feelings towards his mom are very complicated.
When his mom goes into a fit of rage he has a very complex emotional reaction.

When thinking about "raging mom" I wonder: is she in a "fit of rage" or is she a constantly angry person? Complicated denotes a sense of unable to decipher, unable to discern what his emotions are. Complex has a feeling of simply being the opposite of simple: many pathways for a wide variety of emotion.

Do you mean to say he has multiple emotional reactions when his mom is raging at him about something? When she is yelling at him, he feels angry, sad, guilty, annoyed....???

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