EUPHORIA (EMOTION)

'Euphoria' (Greek ) is a medically recognized emotional state related to happiness. Technically, euphoria is an affect,^[1] but colloquially the term is often used as a standard term of emotion to mean intense, happiness combined with an overwhelming sense of . The feeling of not fearing death nor caring about it. Euphoria is considered to be an exaggerated state, resulting from psychological or pharmacological stressors and not typically achieved during the normal course of human experience. A common theme among a subset of drugs used recreationally is their ability to induce a state of euphoria.^[2] The classification of episodic mania by Emil Kraepelin recognized the degree of euphoric affect among the classifier axes. Drugs such as heroin and ecstasy induce chemically intense euphoria^[3]
Other types of euphoria are sexual climax and the transcendent religious experience.
The Euphoric feelings associated with modern human beings are a natural occurance. Although every person's euphoric trigger is different, they all stem from reactions to ideas of environment. When associated with stagefright, physiological occurances such as jitters, goosebumps and an overall feeling of intense combined internally created emotions that are externally observable clearly as a shaken individual.

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1. Key DSM-IV Mental Status Exam Phrases
2. ''Note: this is likely not the best citation available - Drug abuse
3. The Two Types of Bipolar Disorder Psych Central Staff