Meaning of anhedonic | Babel Free

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A person who has anhedonia.

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“[P]hysical anhedonics may not pay⟳ attention to tone stimuli (and therefore do not give⟳ SC [skin conductance] responses) because such subjects are identified on the basis of lacking pleasure and interest⟳ in physical events. As such, nonresponding in physical anhedonics may indicate⟳ validity for the way physical anhedonia is measured, but may not reflect⟳ a factor of etiologic significance.”

“The anhedonic can still speak⟳ about happiness and meaning et al., but she has become⟳ incapable of feeling anything in them, of understanding anything about them, of hoping anything about them, or of believing them to exist⟳ as anything more than concepts. Everything has become⟳ an outline of the thing. Objects become⟳ schemata. The world becomes a map of the world. An anhedonic can navigate⟳, but has no location. I.e. the anhedonic becomes, in the lingo of Boston AA, Unable To Identify⟳.”

“An anhedonic who impulsively seeks out social contact⟳ with others may be actin in response to his mental condition, but he tends to be less beholden to his condition during the process⟳ of actual socialization itself. [...] While an anhedonic will typically be shy and less than the center of any gathering, a manic can often be charming, talkative, and charismatic, with the hallmark that the self-aggrandizement is often tinged with delusions and distortions.”

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