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Originally Posted by jules77
hello psych central humans
i was wondering if any of you have experienced this as well: i am not extremely depressed, coming out of a bad depressive episode, but still am having deep feelings of apathy. i simply don't care to leave my house and do anything except necessary things. it's not because i'm incredibly sad and upset, i just don't care to do anything - i don't gain pleasure from most things. i get bored, but i don't really care that i do nothing. frustrating at this point, cause i need to do things with my life to move forward, but i don't care at all. is this anhedonia?
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To question one, experienced what you are describing? Yes. Though I'd be more likely to think of it as apathy, maybe with some quantifying term (such as mild, moderate or severe).
Concerning anhedonia, I can only describe it to you in the worst I ever had it. There was an extended period when
everything and even
everyone, right down to loved ones, had the same impact on me as looking at the leftover cardboard of a paper towels roll. No exaggeration. I felt
nothing. It wouldn't even occurred to me to be frustrated. That would have required feeling. Of which I had zippo.
To question2 is what you're describing anhedonia? Could be. (It's worth your knowing that I have problem with recognizing lesser forms than the worst I've ever experienced of any given state.) Or maybe it's (most likely(?)), a residual effect from your depression. Did you have the "loss of interest in..." symptom? That might be a matter of that being the hardest to shake for you. Do you think that might be? Do past depressions echo that in any way?