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Title: Anhedonia
Post by: Peter on July 14, 2007, 11:55:07 PM
Anyone else have it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Pyraxis on July 14, 2007, 11:55:27 PM
Thank god no.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: renaeden on July 15, 2007, 12:38:07 AM
I have had it badly before.
And it still tries to get me every now and then. Horrible.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Lucifer on July 15, 2007, 01:35:39 AM
i get the same symptoms when i'm badly depressed.  i hesitate to say that i have anhedonia per se, though - i'm not into diagnosing every little twitch and quirk and sticking a label on it.

(not saying you are, peter, btw).
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Calandale on July 15, 2007, 01:42:20 AM
No way.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Peter on July 15, 2007, 01:50:23 AM
It's been a pretty constant, life-long thing for me, separate from my bouts of depression, but often compounding them and probably a major contributing factor to them.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: DirtDawg on July 15, 2007, 07:16:04 AM

I have some symptoms, but I also believe it is tied to my level of depression at any one time. On the best of days, though, I take little pleasure in eating, because I can't taste most foods, but that's something different.
Yesterday in the eve, in an almost childlike way, I took an extreme pleasure in going to a street festival with live music, despite the rudeness of the crowd, crappiness of the sound, hideous smells of instant foods prepared on the sidewalks, and heat of the day. I get pleasures from the things I love.

Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: El on July 15, 2007, 08:55:20 AM
Sometimes.  It sucks not only because it sucks, but because it makes it that much harder to bootstrap myself out of the accompanying depressive funk.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Kosmonaut on July 15, 2007, 09:09:22 AM
Yes, i consider it to be symptom of depression.
After long periods like that, then Prozac has always sorted me out in the past, i guess i am lucky.

Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 15, 2007, 09:18:11 AM
i wish i had anhedonia with food.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: jman on July 15, 2007, 12:35:51 PM
I have had anhedonia off and on throughout,my life, it  mainly occurs during depressions, has really held me back in life and i have passed up many good opportunities because of it
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: richard on July 15, 2007, 03:26:42 PM
that seems like a pretty wierd disorder that cant be true
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 15, 2007, 03:28:16 PM
that seems like a pretty wierd disorder that cant be true
I dont have it, but it sounds feasible...
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 15, 2007, 06:04:43 PM
richard it is true you dillywinks.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Lucifer on July 15, 2007, 06:05:58 PM
dillywinks ?!!!

 :o
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 15, 2007, 06:07:34 PM
yes. :P
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Lucifer on July 15, 2007, 06:14:38 PM
:LMAO:
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 15, 2007, 06:20:14 PM
what? :P
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Lucifer on July 15, 2007, 06:22:39 PM
it's such a silly word!  i love it!

 :plus:
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 15, 2007, 06:30:41 PM
thanks. :laugh: i was trying to be nice and not say something naughty.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: richard on July 15, 2007, 09:02:55 PM
richard it is true you dillywinks.
:laugh: i dont know man, i mean most people i know hate exercising, and they feel it. thats why they dont do it
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2007, 02:10:29 AM
dillywinks ?!!!

 :o
;D Milla's made up words are funny! ;D
 :plus: to her!



When I was in hospital I was encouraged to drink those weird food drinks because I didn't eat enough. I thought I was eating enough. But I guess because I didn't care, I was not thinking about my health.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 16, 2007, 02:01:26 PM
thanks :green:

i wish i had food anhedonia because if i didn't care about food i would just go wthout it a lot of the time and i'd be skinny. when i took speed i only ate when i started to feel woozy and tired. and then i'd only eat like a coupla fruit. i miss that not caring thing.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: DirtDawg on July 16, 2007, 02:56:25 PM
thanks :green:

i wish i had food anhedonia because if i didn't care about food i would just go wthout it a lot of the time and i'd be skinny. when i took speed i only ate when i started to feel woozy and tired. and then i'd only eat like a coupla fruit. i miss that not caring thing.

No you don't, because you would only binge on the ones you can taste. Trust the Salt/Sweet Man on this one.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Alex179 on July 16, 2007, 02:59:16 PM
Yeah I seem to only like certain types of food and get absolutely no taste from others.   I get zero enjoyment from pretty much everything when I am really depressed.   All I feel like is sleeping and being alone.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: DirtDawg on July 16, 2007, 03:05:42 PM
Yeah I seem to only like certain types of food and get absolutely no taste from others.   I get zero enjoyment from pretty much everything when I am really depressed.   All I feel like is sleeping and being alone.

Sleeping would be nice, if you can, and being alone seems to be quite expensive, but worth it.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Peter on July 16, 2007, 03:15:16 PM
I tend to under-eat, and often only eat when I start getting a headache from my blood sugar dropping.  Eating's usually a chore for me.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Alex179 on July 16, 2007, 03:18:24 PM
At best I normally eat 2 meals a day.   On really bad days I sleep forever and might eat one meal (I try to save that for the weekends).    I have quit many a job due to depression and not wanting to go back.  Then I just go back to sleep, turn off my cell and close the blinds.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: El on July 16, 2007, 04:36:11 PM
Eating used to be a rather significant pleasure for me.  Lately, it's become a futile act of desperation.   :-\
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 16, 2007, 06:04:38 PM
thanks :green:

i wish i had food anhedonia because if i didn't care about food i would just go wthout it a lot of the time and i'd be skinny. when i took speed i only ate when i started to feel woozy and tired. and then i'd only eat like a coupla fruit. i miss that not caring thing.

No you don't, because you would only binge on the ones you can taste. Trust the Salt/Sweet Man on this one.

i wouldn't binge if i had food anhedonia. i'd be like Peter.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Catrona on July 16, 2007, 06:07:05 PM
i dont generally have this but i do experience it when depressed....

whether or not im in that state seems to be a crap shot
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: duncvis on July 17, 2007, 05:00:37 AM
richard it is true you lemmiwinks.

fixed
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: DirtDawg on July 17, 2007, 06:06:56 AM
thanks :green:

i wish i had food anhedonia because if i didn't care about food i would just go wthout it a lot of the time and i'd be skinny. when i took speed i only ate when i started to feel woozy and tired. and then i'd only eat like a coupla fruit. i miss that not caring thing.

No you don't, because you would only binge on the ones you can taste. Trust the Salt/Sweet Man on this one.

i wouldn't binge if i had food anhedonia. i'd be like Peter.

Then maybe what I experience is not really anhedonia where food is concerned, but simply a lack of taste sense for most things. Generally eating is a chore, as already mentioned, but on the rare occasion that I actually taste something pleasurable in food, I obsess trying to taste again and again. It could easily become a binge if I was not careful to avoid that behavior.

With my lack of taste sense and unpredictable tactile sense, which comes and goes, combined with my crazy mixed up visual and aural senses, I am quite the "repeatable sensation" junkie! My taste sense does not change, so things like chocolate cake and hot peppers are like gods to me. I have binged quite heavily on both in the past, hence the semi-Buddha belly.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 17, 2007, 09:12:15 AM
richard it is true you lemmiwinks.

fixed

 :laugh: :plus:

Lemmiwinks Lemmiwinks... Take the magic helmet-torch to help you light the way, there's still alot of ground to cross inside the man so gay! Ahead of you lies adventure, and your strength still lies within! Freedom from the ass of doom is the treasure you will win!

(http://www.grannygear.com/Assets/Images/Races/Moab/2003/The_Lemmiwinks_Experience.jpg)
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Tesla on July 17, 2007, 09:48:57 AM
richard it is true you lemmiwinks.

fixed

 :laugh: :plus:

Lemmiwinks Lemmiwinks... Take the magic helmet-torch to help you light the way, there's still alot of ground to cross inside the man so gay! Ahead of you lies adventure, and your strength still lies within! Freedom from the ass of doom is the treasure you will win!

(http://www.grannygear.com/Assets/Images/Races/Moab/2003/The_Lemmiwinks_Experience.jpg)
:plus:
(http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/richard%20gere.jpg)
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 17, 2007, 02:52:55 PM
I'm not sure if I have it or not. I don't always feel. I would have to look more into this condition. There wasn't enough information on wiki.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: SovaNu on July 17, 2007, 04:01:24 PM
richard it is true you lemmiwinks.

fixed

 :laugh: :plus:

Lemmiwinks Lemmiwinks... Take the magic helmet-torch to help you light the way, there's still alot of ground to cross inside the man so gay! Ahead of you lies adventure, and your strength still lies within! Freedom from the ass of doom is the treasure you will win!

(http://www.grannygear.com/Assets/Images/Races/Moab/2003/The_Lemmiwinks_Experience.jpg)
:plus:
(http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/richard%20gere.jpg)

 :plus:

 :laugh:
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 17, 2016, 07:19:55 PM
I seem to be experiencing this to a certain degree now.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: renaeden on September 17, 2016, 10:54:21 PM
Horrible, isn't it. Makes you not care about important things.
Title: Re: Anhedonia
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 18, 2016, 10:13:21 AM
  I fall into that kind of slump at times, when I'm between interests.  Even discovering a song I love
  can pull me out of it.  Lately it's John Williams' theme from Jurassic Park.  It's used in the last
  scene of Jurassic World, in a very moving way.  It's majestic music and makes me teary-eyed.  :'( :heart: