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anhedonia
[ an-hee-doh-nee-uh ]
noun
- lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it:
Severely depressed people often exhibit decreased interest in social interaction, disturbed concentration, and anhedonia.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²Ô·³ó±ð·»å´Ç²Ô·¾±³¦ [an-hee-, don, -ik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of anhedonia1
Example Sentences
Sometimes giving up drinking involves anhedonia, which is an inability to find pleasure in the activities you once enjoyed.
I ended up leaving midyear due to my anhedonia, a clinical term that refers to the inability to experience pleasure.
One person, for example, reported feeling anhedonia even five months after ceasing to take the supplement, while another claimed ashwagandha made them "question reality."
This leaves him, he adds, in a consistent state of anhedonia: a reduced ability to feel pleasure.
The results were striking: Individuals who had experienced unpredictable childhoods were at a statistically greater risk of anxiety, anhedonia, higher depression and even suicidal ideation.
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