mood enhancement

Feeling better emotionally

Mood enhancement is the improvement of emotional state or mental well-being.

The term appears in discussions of supplements, drugs, therapy, and lifestyle practices marketed as boosting happiness or reducing anxiety: The app promises mood enhancement through guided meditation.

In pharmacology, mood enhancement describes the effects of substances from antidepressants to recreational drugs.

Opposites
emotional direction

mood enhancementdysphoria

Profound psychological discomfort

anhedonia · gloom · low spirits · despondency · dejection

psychological effect type

mood enhancementdepressant

Agent that reduces activity

sedation · downer · tranquilization · stupefaction

therapeutic vs. harmful outcome

mood enhancementmood disorder

Emotional state pathology

psychological harm · psychological distress · emotional trauma · mental anguish · spirit-crushing

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