Anhedonia Treatment: What to Do When Nothing Feels Good!

What is anhedonia? Well, if hedonism (the concept, not the clothing-optional resort in Jamaica) is the pursuit of pleasure and gratification, anhedonia is its opposite. The brain’s ability to feel joy, satisfaction, or enjoyment gets put on mute. There’s little to no motivation to see friends or do the things we love. It feels like there’s nothing to look forward to, plus what’s the point, anyway. All in all, anhedonia feels like the moment in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy steps from her black-and-white world into Technicolor, except in reverse.

Anhedonia can be a part of PTSD, substance abuse, schizophrenia, and even Parkinson’s disease, but the granddaddy of anhedonia is depression. A study in The American Journal of Psychiatry found that 95% of people with major depression reported a loss of interest or pleasure—virtual vaporization of joy from their lives.

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Anhedonia treatments -- temporary versus sustainable?

Although anhedonia becomes less severe over time it is a common predecessor of relapse.

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[jaye]

I've had this my entire adult life and I can't fix it no matter what. The only thing I find mentally or physically pleasurable is sleeping, so if I have the opportunity, I will always choose to sleep over any other activity. I get nothing done this way but I simply cannot break this cycle. I want to enjoy literally anything else even a fraction as much but I can't.

[epiawaken]

Direct skip to 3:00 for the steps if you want.

[abovebelow]

haha, this doesn't actually work!

[nullinvoid]

With everything being locked down, that feeds into my sadness.

[voreincorporated]

There's nothing I enjoyed as a child, this video is unhelpful

[bookworm]

Oh, I know, I could...nope, covid. Or maybe I should....oh ya, still covid. What about, um can't do that either. Oh but atleast I can still go to work. That's a blessing I know, please don't crucify me. Oh, and my mom died. This entire year can go ef itself. I think we make a choice with this. We want to shut out the hurt in our lives, but the mind doesn't descriminate. The price of shutting out emotional pain as apposed to dealing with it is that all those other emotions get turned off to. It is a means of protecting ourselves. But it comes at a terrible cost. Thanks for atleast trying to help though. Things are going to get better, I know. I just can't cry anymore.

[dazeen]

what if this doesn't work. because I've done this for years now and it doesn't work at all. this makes me lose even more joy.

[sethkowitz]

Thank you for some hope. Im been feeling very hopeless for a year or so now thinking I'm gonna be permanently like this. Its good to know it can be beat, and hopefully I'm strong enough to. Again ty so much.

[luigilucenti]

Antidepressants gave me permanent anhedonia!

[hansjohan]

I have this as part of schizoaffective disorder. I must say that it's maybe worse than the depressions or symptoms like delusions or hallucinations. Simply because I feel like there is no long-term cure and that this anhedonia stays for the vast majority of my life and that's just frustrating.

[CloneUnit-sqvs]

I dont get that "warm fuzzy feeling" from anything, how am i supposed to savor the moment i just get the physical senses like yeah its not hurting me i can measure it but thats the extent of all my positive interactions. I dont get little motivations or remember inmportant things subconsciously its hard for me to attach positive value to things when i havent felt satieted in years

[demarcomartin]

Ashwagandha, never trusting adaptogens again🙅🏾‍♂️

[thareal]

Thank you, i have been feeling like this for a few months and now that i know that it can be beat hopefully i can feel good again.

[playcold]

What if your anhedonia was caused by an SSRI?

[slimbrady]

Do what I used to love? Got it, I just texted my old drug dealer.

[yolvagingras]

Man... I never enjoyed anything in life, what to do? Even in childhood I didn't enjoy anything and was told that when I grow up, it would be better. Now what? I try soo hard to do stuff that are suppose to be enjoyable but nothing ever work. I'm tired of this. Don't recommend me professional help, there's none close to where I live.

[takismail]

this B.S only works when you're young, had this shit for 30 years now, only started getting bad after 35, can't manage myself anymore, seek pro. help you guys.

[yoddha_]

Start meditation and yoga ....listen to sadhguru and start Isha yoga you would be normal and more pleasureful

[Chizuru]

Well, anhedonia + lack of energy + ADHD(!) makes this way worse. I lack the energy or ability to do what I want even without
depression and anhedonia etc. (due to my ADHD). Gotta wait 4 months to finally get treamtent again after almost 20 years x-x

And its hard to focus on stuff more (like said here, with the senses - or even grounding) since with ADHD,
I notice it all all at once without filtering. So none of this works. I focus on it all at once all the time already x-x

And sucks how these without anhedonia or depression never get it D:

But thanks for the video anyway. I for my part have to usually wait a few months for it to be gone again or I remain like this for years on and off or the whole time.

[domanater]

Lexapro gave me this, 3 months off and I still feel literally nothing. It’s numbed me so much I can’t see a point in going on really