Cognitive dysphoria: Difference between revisions

'''Cognitive dysphoria''' (semantically the opposite of [[Cognitive euphoria|euphoria]]) is medically recognized as a cognitive and emotional state in which a person experiences intense feelings of dissatisfaction, and in some cases indifference to the world around them.<ref name="DSM5GlossaryDysphoria">{{cite journal|title=Glossary of Technical Terms|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=821|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms}}</ref><ref name="ZoellnerPruitt2014">{{cite journal|last1=Zoellner|first1=Lori A.|last2=Pruitt|first2=Larry D.|last3=Farach|first3=Frank J.|last4=Jun|first4=Janie J.|title=UNDERSTANDING HETEROGENEITY IN PTSD: FEAR, DYSPHORIA, AND DISTRESS|journal=Depression and Anxiety|volume=31|issue=2|year=2014|pages=97–106|issn=10914269|doi=10.1002/da.22133}}</ref> These feelings can vary in their intensity depending on the dosage consumed and the user's susceptibility to mental instability. Although dysphoria is an effect, the term is also used colloquially to define a state of general melancholic unhappiness (such as that of mild [[depression]])<ref name="Epkins1996">{{cite journal|last1=Epkins|first1=Catherine C.|title=Cognitive specificity and affective confounding in social anxiety and dysphoria in children|journal=Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment|volume=18|issue=1|year=1996|pages=83–101|issn=0882-2689|doi=10.1007/BF02229104}}</ref><ref name="BradleyMogg1997">{{cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Brendan P.|last2=Mogg|first2=Karin|last3=Lee|first3=Stacey C.|title=Attentional biases for negative information in induced and naturally occurring dysphoria|journal=Behaviour Research and Therapy|volume=35|issue=10|year=1997|pages=911–927|issn=00057967|doi=10.1016/S0005-7967(97)00053-3}}</ref> often combined with an overwhelming sense of discomfort and malaise.<ref name="DisnerBeevers2011">{{cite journal|last1=Disner|first1=Seth G.|last2=Beevers|first2=Christopher G.|last3=Haigh|first3=Emily A. P.|last4=Beck|first4=Aaron T.|title=Neural mechanisms of the cognitive model of depression|journal=Nature Reviews Neuroscience|volume=12|issue=8|year=2011|pages=467–477|issn=1471-003X|doi=10.1038/nrn3027}}</ref>

Cognitive dysphoria is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[anxiety]] and [[depression]].<ref name="DSM5GlossaryDysphoria" /><ref name="ZoellnerPruitt2014" /><ref name="KosterDe Raedt2005">{{cite journal|last1=Koster|first1=Ernst H. W.|last2=De Raedt|first2=Rudi|last3=Goeleven|first3=Ellen|last4=Franck|first4=Erik|last5=Crombez|first5=Geert|title=Mood-Congruent Attentional Bias in Dysphoria: Maintained Attention to and Impaired Disengagement From Negative Information.|journal=Emotion|volume=5|issue=4|year=2005|pages=446–455|issn=1931-1516|doi=10.1037/1528-3542.5.4.446}}</ref> It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[deliriant]] compounds, such as [[DPH]] and [[datura]]. However, it can also occur during a [[stimulant|stimulant's]] [[duration#offset|offset]] and during the [[withdrawal]] symptoms of almost any substance.</onlyinclude>

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