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Naturalistic euphoria:
How can euphoria be induced without drugs?
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Introduction

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Context of being able to generate any emotion naturally...

Overview

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What makes euphoria so special?

How can specific emotion, physiology and biofeedback theories and research help?

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Main Headings + Figures + Media + Activities

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Euphoria

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-E.g. cloud 9 / loss of self

Effects

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-E.g. flow and peak experience

Explanations

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-E.g. to generate deeper connection with activity

Colloquial Euphoria

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Conditional

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-E.g. bipolar

Synthetic Induction

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-E.g. stimulants

There is the perception, even in drug addicts themselves, that drug use leads to a feeling of euphoria - but recent reviews on acute emotional effects suggest that in fact, their sense of a high relates to only comparable levels of positive and negative affect to healthy controls, i.e. that they only come back to normal (Blum et al. 2013).

Side Effects

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-E.g. lowered basal arousal

How to Do It Yourself

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Contextual

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-E.g. making the most of a moment

Manafactured

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-E.g. controlling your perceptual constraints

Conclusion

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What are the take home messages / strategies?

See Also

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References

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Blum, J., Gerber, H., Gerhard, U., Schmid, O., Petitjean, S., Riecher-Rössler, A., Wiesbeck, G. A., Borgwardt, S. J. & Walter, M. (2013). Acute effects of heroin on emotions in heroin dependent patients. The American Journal on Addictions, 22, 598-604. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.12025.x

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