People who experience anhedonia have lost interest in activities they used to enjoy and have a decreased ability to feel pleasure. It’s a core symptom of major depressive disorder, but it can also be a symptom of other mental health disorders. Some people who experience anhedonia don’t have a mental disorder.
Lack of Interest(Anhedonia)
Psychiatric Disorder
Lack of Interest(Anhedonia)
The two main types of anhedonia are social and physical anhedonia.
- Social anhedonia is a disinterest in social contact and a lack of pleasure in social situations.
- Physical anhedonia is an inability to feel tactile pleasures such as eating, touching, or sex.
The symptoms of anhedonia include:
- Social withdrawal
- A lack of relationships or withdrawal from previous relationships
- Negative feelings toward yourself and others
- Reduced emotional abilities, including having less verbal or nonverbal expressions
- Difficulty adjusting to social situations
- A tendency toward showing fake emotions, such as pretending you’re happy at a wedding
- A loss of libido or a lack of interest in physical intimacy
- Persistent physical problems, such as being sick often
