Now we've tested the love-is-for-ever myth and found a replacement: that a child is going to love us for ever, make us feel happy, secure and successful". When, after the birth of a child, these elated states of being don't come to pass, it could create feelings of unmentionable regret.
The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder is around 4%to5%5% (Merikangas et al. 2007) if hypomania and other minor elated states are included in its definition (Akiskal et al. 2000).
Last year Democrats were elated that State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez joined the race for Florida's 27th District.
Aren't we glad Governor Schwarzenegger is so elated about the state Senate's approval of his budget?
"Florida faith leaders that I have spoken to in every corner of the state are elated by Marco's decision to seek reelection.
But Bobbitt, the lawyer for the police and sheriff deputies, said the police union's lobby has "typically been stronger than the newspaper industry's". Police unions across the state are elated with the ruling, he said.
The rise in local admissions elated students across the state, who celebrated their acceptance at one of the UCs by tweeting out emojis of hearts and tears of joys, posting Facebook photos of themselves dancing and jumping for joy and showering other social media with images of assorted mascots: San Diego's Tritons, Santa Barbara's Gauchos, UCLA's Bruins and the Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz.
They were elated last month when a state court issued a preliminary injunction ordering GHP to pay for Shifrin's cancer treatment.
Among those were "poor handwriting," "complains of being bored," "is very intuitive or very creative," "excessively distressed when separated from family," "has difficulty arising in the A.M.," "elated or silly, giddy mood states," "curses viciously in anger," and "intolerant of delays".
Finally, as hypomanic experience is associated with elated mood states, it is possible that what is unique to our sample (compared to depression, anxiety disorders, or psychosis) might be an increased likelihood for intrusive visual reexperiencing following both a highly stressful and a highly "positive" elation-related event.
