Exhilaration
The state of mind and body that occurs after accomplishing something difficult against the odds, especially if it has involved cooperation. It is the product in part of the release of the hormone serotonin, in the sequence: accomplishment > serotonin > exhilaration.
The psychologist Oliver James discusses evidence of a fall in serotonin levels during the twentieth century, but they could rise again, with exhilarating consequences, in step with the successful accomplishment of the Wheel of Life.E212
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