Motivation and emotion/Book/2017/Naturalistic Euphoria
How can euphoria be induced without drugs?
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Introduction
[edit | edit source]Context of being able to generate any emotion naturally...
Overview
[edit | edit source]What makes euphoria so special?
How can specific emotion, physiology and biofeedback theories and research help?
Main Headings + Figures + Media + Activities
[edit | edit source]Euphoria
[edit | edit source]-E.g. cloud 9 / loss of self
Effects
[edit | edit source]-E.g. flow and peak experience
Explanations
[edit | edit source]-E.g. to generate deeper connection with activity
Colloquial Euphoria
[edit | edit source]Conditional
[edit | edit source]-E.g. bipolar
Synthetic Induction
[edit | edit source]-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
[edit | edit source]-E.g. lowered basal arousal
How to Do It Yourself
[edit | edit source]Contextual
[edit | edit source]-E.g. making the most of a moment
Manafactured
[edit | edit source]-E.g. controlling your perceptual constraints
Conclusion
[edit | edit source]What are the take home messages / strategies?
See Also
[edit | edit source]- Dealing with conflict (Book Chapter 2011)
References
[edit | edit source]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