anhedonia

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"It's possible, for instance, that people with specific food anhedonia may have some deficit in the connectivity between brain regions involved in food processing and the reward circuitry."

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

"Investigating these circuits could pave the way for new research on individual differences and reward-related disorders such as anhedonia, addiction, or eating disorders."

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

“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.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Sometimes these blue spells alternate with periods of exaltation and happiness, but in my experience this is far less common than periodic blue spells, a kind of recurrent anhedonia.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham