Literary notes about euphoric (AI summary)
The term euphoric is employed in literature to capture a heightened state of joy or exhilaration that can result from various experiences, ranging from physiological reactions to emotional transformations. Authors use it to denote profound, almost overwhelming pleasure, such as the natural release of endorphins that rivals the effect of narcotics [1] or a post-operative shift into a contented calm [2]. In some texts, euphoric describes both an elevated mood during health crises or manic periods [3, 4, 5, 6] and an almost transcendent experience in more poetic passages [7], highlighting its versatility as a descriptor of altered emotional or psychological states [8, 9]. Additionally, its usage extends into critiques of cultural and societal phenomena that evoke a sustained state of joy or support [10, 11, 12], thereby enriching the emotional tapestry of the narrative [13].
- Endorphins are powerful, with painkilling and euphoric effects equal to or greater than heroin, but without any undesirable side effects.
— from How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Isabel A. Moser - After this operation the man’s emotional status changed; he was no longer irritable or exclusive, but became slightly euphoric and contented.
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric ProblemsPresented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard - Later in the disease more marked euphoric or depressive tendencies appear, with excitements and confusional states.
— from Mental diseases: a public health problem by James Vance May - Mania: You tend to have exaggerated beliefs in your capabilities; you tend to be euphoric and may fall in love easily and repeatedly.
— from When You Don't Know Where to TurnA Self-Diagnosing Guide to Counseling and Therapy by Steven J. Bartlett - Generally there is an emotional depression, often with irritability and more rarely euphoric [325] symptoms.
— from Mental diseases: a public health problem by James Vance May - He also finds an alteration in the personality as shown by suspiciousness, capriciousness, irritability and either euphoric or depressed tendencies.
— from Mental diseases: a public health problem by James Vance May - Only the obscurity of my body Presses so fully that it is neither Body nor bed nor the intersection of both, But euphoric traction;
— from American Papyrus: 25 Poems by Steven David Justin Sills - " When Tarlac woke the next morning he felt good, almost euphoric, eased of a tension he'd lived with for so long he'd forgotten he had it.
— from Fearful Symmetry: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson - The means is this music and the euphoric pleasure that it can provide to minds possessing the psycho-intellectual “wiring” needed to apprehend it.
— from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig van Beethoven - Both wore street jackets and both men had the unmistakable air of euphoric calm that came within seconds of Alcorn's approach.
— from Assignment's End by Roger D. Aycock - Using subliminal verbal stimuli in his tickler, a man can be given constant supportive euphoric therapy 24 hours a day!
— from The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Fritz Leiber - “Every tickler spool that goes to market is patterned like wallpaper with one of five designs of suitable subliminal supportive euphoric material.
— from The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Fritz Leiber - "He's euphoric," Paula said again, but her face was stricken.
— from The Stars, My Brothers by Edmond Hamilton
