anhedonia

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Individuals with musical anhedonia tend to score low in all five categories.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

They also plan to explore whether the condition remains stable over time or can change throughout a person’s life -- and whether musical anhedonia or similar conditions might eventually be reversed.

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

The treatment must be directed at first to the physical factors, and with these conquered the acquired forms of anhedonia usually yield readily.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham