During my flashcard reviews, I once again encountered 思いをする filed under [N1
grammar](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n1-grammar-%E3%81%8A%E3%82%82%E3%81%84%E3%82%92%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B-omoi-o-
suru/). I find it difficult to believe that such a self-explanatory grammar
point would be classified as N1 or maybe I was just having some Dunning–Kruger
moments taking place.

Anyway, I'd like to ask if 思いをする sends a different "feel" or nuance compared
to 気がする.
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meaning nuances
What's the difference between 気がする vs 思いをする?
思い is abstract. The word おもう (usually represented with 思 or 想) is
[related](http://gogen-allguide.com/o/oboeru.html) to the word おぼえる (both the
覚 and 憶 nuances) and means thought or feeling. See more here:
<https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%86-454753>

気 implies a more "real" vital energy and intuition.
<https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B0%97-49796>

そんな気がした means something like “That was my impression.”

そう思った means “That’s what I thought.”

嫌な気がした means that you that you were vexed or irritated, with the implication
that something did not suit your sensibilities.

嫌な思いをした means that something happened to you that you found unpleasant: you
had an unpleasant experience, and it wasn't all your fault.
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At first, I didn't even understand what is 思いをする until I checked your link,
because it is never used in isolation. In my mind, it is always a set phrase
made of `[description] + 思い` + `する` and I have never broken it down otherwise.

This 思い is explained in [a
dictionary](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84/) as below:

> **７** あることを経験してもたらされる感じ。「胸のすく―」「自分だけいい―をする」

If you play [Rimworld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/),
your characters experience various events through a scenario, and get
according emotional feedback in the form of "Thoughts" or "Memories". This is
what we call ～思い. ～思いをする is that you get/experience a feeling through a
certain event. Though not strictly limited to adjectives, some expression that
describes your own mental state _must_ come before to qualify 思い.

> 嫌な思いをする _have a bad time_

It is almost synonymous to the following expression, which focus more to the
event (and only for negative feelings):

>
> 嫌な[目にあう](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%9B%AE%E3%81%AB%E9%81%AD%E3%81%86/)
> _have a bad experience_

Meanwhile, 気 can be also translated "feeling", but its core meaning is "aura
energy". 気がする thus means "catch some omen/indication", which is speculative
thought toward a situation yet to happen: "I sense", "it seems", or "I have a
hunch". What comes before 気がする is usually the content of expectation rather
than emotion.

> 何かがおかしい気がする _feel that something is wrong_
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思いをする = to have remembered/experienced

気がする = have a (gut) feeling

One can have a feeling without having experienced it, but it's hard to
remember/experience from just a feeling, or so my gut says:

> 経験していないと思いをすることが出来ない気がしますけどｗ

-- Starfox
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