Emotions
Basic
Anger Fear Sadness Happiness Disgust Interest
Others
Acceptance Affection Aggression Ambivalence Annoyance Apathy Anxiety Boredom Compassion Compersion Confusion Contempt Curiosity Depression Disappointment Doubt Ecstasy Empathy Envy Embarrassment Euphoria Forgiveness Frustration Gratitude Grief Guilt Hatred Hope Horror Hostility Homesickness Hunger Hysteria Interest Jealousy Loneliness Love Paranoia Pity Pleasure Pride Rage Regret Remorse Shame Suffering Surprise Sympathy v • d • e

Euphoria (Greek εὐφορία) is a medically recognized emotional state related to happiness. Technically, euphoria is an effect,^[1] but colloquially the term is often used as a standard term of emotion to mean intense, transcendent happiness combined with an overwhelming sense of well being.

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, although some natural behaviors, such as those resulting in orgasm, can consistently produce a brief state of euphoria.^[1]

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 alcohol, stimulants, opiates, LSD, and MDMA can induce chemically intense euphoria. ^[3] However, The Fainting game can also induce this emotion.^{[citation needed]}

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