Motivation and emotion/Book/2017/Naturalistic Euphoria

Naturalistic euphoria:
How can euphoria be induced without drugs?

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Introduction

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

Overview

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

Euphoria

-E.g. cloud 9 / loss of self

Effects

-E.g. flow and peak experience

Explanations

-E.g. to generate deeper connection with activity

Colloquial Euphoria

Conditional

-E.g. bipolar

Synthetic Induction

-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

-E.g. lowered basal arousal

How to Do It Yourself

Contextual

-E.g. making the most of a moment

Manafactured

-E.g. controlling your perceptual constraints

Conclusion

What are the take home messages / strategies?

See Also

• Dealing with conflict (Book Chapter 2011)

References

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

External Links

• Emotion page on Wikipedia