25/10/2020
This term is used to describe a mood state in which a person is more cheerful and happy than they normally are. It is mostly associated with feeling more confident and enjoying even the small things.
The thing to note here is that each persons normal may be different, just because someone is more cheerful than you are doesn't mean they are elevated. We need to know the individual’s baseline mood before we can assess whether they are elevated.
Someone who always looks at things in a little bad light starts to even be slightly happier could mean that they are elevated, but in someone who is always happy most of the time, this becomes very difficult to figure out.
Elevated mood is needed for us to accomplish our goals and push us to be motivated and accomplished in life. But, an elevated mood makes us expend a lot of energy and can become exhausting when present for a long time.
Some mood fluctuations are required in life to help maintain balance.
Hence, elevated mood becomes pathological when:
1. It is inappropriate to the situation and environment
2. It is persistent for a longer time than it should
3. It causes the individual harm - physically, in relationships, at work/in studies, financially, etc.
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