some info from the sutta’s:
“Feeling, perception, and consciousness, friend – these states
are conjoined, not disjoined, and it is impossible to separate each
of these states from the others in order to describe the difference
between them. For what one feels, that one perceives; and what
one perceives, that one cognizes. That is why these states are conjoined, not disjoined, and it is impossible to separate each of
these states from the others in order to describe the difference
between them.” MN43§9 (translation Bodhi).
so, maybe from a theoretical kind of perspective these states can be seperated and treated like they exist disjoined.