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the brain's most expensive feeling, sold cheap by sunsets, drugs, and unexpectedly good news.
means Feeling intensely happy, elated, and carried away by a wave of well-being, often beyond what the moment strictly warrants.
from From Greek 'euphoria,' literally a state of bearing well or being easy to bear — from 'eu' (good, well) plus 'pherein' (to carry, to bear), the same 'pherein' lurking in words like 'metaphor' and 'periphery.' It entered English first as a medical term for a patient's sense of well-being, then escaped the clinic to describe joy that lifts you clean off the ground.
- runner's secret
- endorphins and endocannabinoids both fuel the famous high
- word roots
- Greek for easily bearing, as in pain
- medical flag
- sudden euphoria can signal mania or stroke
- dopamine myth
- it spikes from wanting, not actually getting
woodstock festival 1969 — 400,000 people at bethel, new york experiencing collective euphoria and peace
brazil world cup 1970 — pele and team won in mexico, nation celebrated in streets for weeks