anhedonia
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These can include hopelessness, difficulty thinking clearly, or anhedonia -- the inability to feel pleasure and loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 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
To be finicky is to court anhedonia, and the joy of life is in robust tastes not easily offended and easily gratified.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
"We propose that using our methodology to study other reward types could yield the discovery of other specific anhedonias," says Marco-Pallarés.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
