anhedonia

Depression also comes with anhedonia, or the inability to experience pleasure in activities or social situations that were once enjoyable.

“My biggest symptom after that was extreme anhedonia, like a feeling of not being myself or getting pleasure from anything — almost not feeling human,” she said.

But you also have to meet criteria for having a low mood, or anhedonia.

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.