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In psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia ( /ˌænhiˈdoʊniə/ AN-hee-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: ἀν- an-, "without" + ἡδονή hēdonē, "pleasure") is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasized pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in an activity ("motivational anhedonia"), as compared to the level of enjoyment of the activity itself ("consummatory anhedonia") .
Anhedonia can be a characteristic of mental disorders including mood disorders, schizoaffective disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizophrenia. For example, clients affected with schizophrenia often describe themselves as feeling emotionally empty.
Mood disturbances are commonly observed in many psychiatric disorders. Disturbing mood changes may occur resultant to stressful life events and they are not uncommon during times of physical illness. While anhedonia can be a feature of such mood changes, they are not mutually inclusive.
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So many years searching my life
Don't let me down
I keep letting me down
Washing away, craving my time
I keep craving more time
I keep hiding away
Searching for answers
Believing the lie
Delusional dream
Tortured by needs
Strengthened by weakness
Engraved in the mind
Something that frightens
And weakens within
Anhedonia
Thoughts swept away
My force-fed existence
Creating new life
Deliver me now
Triggered by pain
Corrupting my weakness
Engaging new life
Something that frightens
And weakens within
Hide away
Can you feel
That you are more than you know
Something that frightens
and weakens within
We realize that we don't feel alive
Anhedonia (I don't feel alive)
Hide away
Can you feel