I do not think it is appropriate to answer this at the level of personal experience as it is not appropriate to reveal personal insights so let me give a theoretical answer.

When a object arises in the mind the following happens:

 - you get conscious about the object to which you experience a reflexive reaction which intens manifests as sensation of pain, pleasure or neutral depending on if the reaction what a positive, negative or neutral reaction. See: [consciousness][1]
 - together with the reaction, the sensation that follow and other qualities of the object you build a perception of the object. See: [perception][2]

In addition see: [five aggregates][3]


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na
  [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83j%C3%B1%C4%81
  [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha