In the 1960s, psychologist Abraham Maslow became the first academic to write about what he called "peak experiences," moments of elation that come from pushing ourselves in challenging tasks.
People who take it recreationally generally experience a feeling of elation [ 1].
The experience of different degrees of elation defines the bipolar phenotype (Rock et al., 2013).
I want everyone to experience the elation of what it's like to win the gold medal, but obviously that's not possible.
This is a powerful reminder that in our search for employment, during the moments that we feel we simply cannot continue to endure, pressing through those moments and continuing to do the tough steps will bring us closer to our goal, and we will experience the elation of ultimately landing the job that seems so frustratingly evasive.
This way, you'll never lose everything and you get to experience the elation of finding five bucks in your pocket every now and then.
As we mature, we become more prevention-focused, Grant says, and the kind of elation we experience is often more "tranquil" than its teenage corollary.
Even though it's been a year since that glorious World Series win, we all still share that experience, that certain intangible feeling of elation and relief that washed over everyone after the final out last November.
They may also experience racing thoughts and periods of elation, grandiosity, hypersexuality, and suicidality [ 14].
Even on the busiest sea routes in Europe, between Dover and the French ports, you can rediscover the joy of ferry travel: perhaps inspired by the Foreign Secretary's invocation to 'head for Calais', plenty of homebound Brits have this week experienced the elation of seeing the White Cliffs of Dover hove into view on the journey back to Blighty.
And with these students, I experienced the elation of watching a man of color be elected president for the first time.
