Anhedonia is an inability to feel pleasure in a normal way. People who have anhedonia are usually completely unaware they have this condition. As a result, they don’t do anything to resolve it.
It’s easier to catch anhedonia around holidays, which is why I’m posting this now. People with anhedonia over-shop, over-eat and over-party around the holidays. They know they are supposed to enjoy the season but they don’t feel the pleasure they know should be there. They chase the elusive joy by inflating every holiday-related activity. It doesn’t work because joy comes from the inside. You can’t shop and party your way into it.
People with anhedonia see the same reality as everyone but they can’t connect with it through pleasure. It’s as if they lived in a glass cube, never really feeling what other people do.
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