Euphoria

<p>Euphoria  is the experience (or <a href="/facts/Affect_(psychology)/jEQ6IWSm">affect</a>) of <a href="/facts/Pleasure/rkU6McmK">pleasure</a> or excitement and intense feelings of <a href="/facts/Well-being/h1dsU4VU">well-being</a> and <a href="/facts/Happiness/bNL2Kfp1">happiness</a>. Certain <a href="/facts/Natural_rewards/yQbYGfQj">natural rewards</a> and social activities, such as <a href="/facts/Aerobic_exercise/T5E59k2L">aerobic exercise</a>, <a href="/facts/Laughter/wXVj2WFP">laughter</a>, listening to or making music and dancing, can induce a state of euphoria. Euphoria is also a symptom of certain <a href="/facts/Neurological_disorder/eQKKs7jX">neurological</a> or <a href="/facts/Neuropsychiatric_disorder/EPNjFtFf">neuropsychiatric disorders</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Mania/qYV8BBbt">mania</a>. <a href="/facts/Romantic_love/dzUe2kI7">Romantic love</a> and components of the <a href="/facts/Human_sexual_response_cycle/mNmg5UeN">human sexual response cycle</a> are also associated with the induction of euphoria. Certain drugs, many of which are <a href="/facts/Addiction/76UrWQuT">addictive</a>, can cause euphoria, which at least partially motivates their recreational use.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Hedonic_hotspot/fotI0rcM">Hedonic hotspots</a> – i.e., the pleasure centers of the brain – are functionally linked. Activation of one hotspot results in the recruitment of the others. Inhibition of one hotspot results in the blunting of the effects of activating another hotspot. Therefore, the simultaneous activation of every hedonic hotspot within the <a href="/facts/Reward_system/fotI0rcM">reward system</a> is believed to be necessary for generating the sensation of an intense euphoria.[12]
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Euphoria