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A commonly overlooked symptom of depression is anhedonia, the inability to feel joy or pleasure. The reason that it's easy to overlook is that it's easier to miss the absence of something that's not around all the time than it is to miss a symptom that causes active distress, such as feeling tired and miserable all the time.

Anhedonia is good at being a persistent undercurrent to your life. My aunt, who has major depressive disorder, related to me that she figured out that something was wrong when she looked at the daffodils she had planted blooming, and couldn't recognize the emotion that she felt when she looked at them. It had been long enough since she had felt happy that she lost the ability to recognize the emotion.

It's a particularly dangerous depressive symptom, because it robs you of the ability to feel those little spots of joy that keep a lot of people going, while not doing anything to impair your ability to function. If you don't know that this is a treatable symptom of depression, it's easy to assume that your ability to feel good is permanently broken, and decide to commit suicide because you don't want to live like that. It's not an irrational conclusion, but it is an uninformed one, and everyone deserves to have all the information when making a major decision.

This is what a lot of questionnaires are trying to look for when they ask about "loss of enjoyment". If you can't remember a loss of enjoyment because you can't remember enjoyment, then you probably have anhedonia. If you struggle to define how it is to feel "happy", "content", or "good", or how it feels when you feel those emotions, you probably have anhedonia. If you can't remember feeling any of those emotions for a week or more, you probably have anhedonia.

Symptoms commonly co-occurring with anhedonia are fatigue (often the cause), clear and thoughtful consideration of suicide, loss of desire to socialize or do activities that used to make you happy, and weight loss (due to lack of enjoyment of food).

This section is anecdotal. In what I have observed, anhedonia due to fatigue rarely responds well to depression treatment unless depression was causing the fatigue. If fatigue and anhedonia are co-occurring and are not both alleviated by depression treatment, consider other causes for the fatigue.

#yeah

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can you guys stop that really quick I made this in ibispaint in 3 minutes. You can't do this to me

I was told to post this

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punished for my hubris (the ultrakill shitpost is probably going to reach 400 notes because I was feeling a little silly and maintagged it)

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More art of my albatross griffins. I’m happier with their design. I CAN’T believe I gave them plain ol’ canine/seal looking teeth before, when spine covered penguin mouths are RIGHT THERE. It makes more sense to me design wise and looks better.

I decided to call them ✨Kymagryphs✨, giant scrounges of the skies over a new endless sea. Careful not to leave your catch out on deck when sailing.

#THESE ARE WONDERFUL CREATURES #oh my goodness…….. #in love with this #oughghgh #theyre so shaped.. the wings & the feather layout OHHHHHHH #i could get real autistic about this in four seconds #head shape and the arm shapes……… stares off into the endless fog (iam in love) #spec bio #this is lovely

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cooking up another oc … the demons are coming

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buddy ref sheet....2!

#EOAUAGAHVH BUDDY….. #most beloved friend…. I love buddy so much #silly thang (affectionate) #beloved beast #yes yes yes #oc reference #oc ref sheet #smiling emoji (ominous) #ilove buddy so fucking much #buddy … beloved beloved beloved #THE friend ever #what a lovely existence to lead ! loving and being loved in return

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buddy found it in a closet on rend and put it on when nobody was looking

(this was also an excuse to draw its decaying corpse skin. its body produces blood so readily that it bruises its joints just by moving)

((wonderful image in the corner by @egg-exe . maid dress scribbled on by me))

#oh bmy god #buddy… #i need to launch buddy at a wall really hard and see how far the blood flies #stands up anmd looks around Who said tha #hello pangolin ! what if I exploded you with my mind and biting and biting and killing and killing and biting #buddy …………….ilosve buddy #GREAHHGHGHH #feelih like the hunter from l4d rn …. GRHAAAHHGHH #hii buddy wouldyou be open to a hangout at red lobster (I have never been to red lobster) #i thibk buddy is kind of like a purse dog in my head #you can take it anywhere but Watch Out ! #lethal company #lethal company masked #i love buddy

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I got too excited while playing chess and told my opponent that I was going to slit his throat and slaughter him like a hog. something to work on for next time

#the last time i played chess with someone i said to their face dead serious that i would shove my hand up their ass and make their vertebrae #pop out of their mouth one by one because they moved their knight in a way that fucked over what i wanted to do #chess can get serious #& tbh. i still won that round so i think the threat was justified #😁

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weeping sobbing thinking of them

#every time i think about artorias and sif i have to just stare at my wall for a while #i barely know anything about dark souls aside from the fact that the world it takes place in is a dying thing #and that it is gruesome and raw and awful in all of the best ways #and that a warrior chose to die for his pet #they fuck me up so bad #this specific piece has lingered in my head for ages #glad i found the original artist #artorias the abysswalker #great grey wolf sif #dark souls #head in my hands

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What’s your favorite ship from Pixar’s Cars franchise

that sultry little blue bitch could get it

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#monsoon #also. Hi rend (ominous)

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Posting these before I explode

#hi doto (BITES YOU BITES YOU BITES Y #you have a very distinct way of lining & creating expression that is wonderful to me #lethal company #lethal company bracken #lethal company nutcracker

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I was told to post this

#i dont post ultrakill very often i just rb stuff #guh #ultrakill #hi loki #giving in to the demons #v1 ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill

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gwuh….

favorite color is indigo or a shade of violet. favorite animal,,,, anything related to nightjars or potoos & also thresher sharks. maybe blue cranes too,,,.. or hoatzins? i fucking love hoatzins. anyways my favorite ice cream flavor . ough. brownie batter Tom & Jerry’s specifically I get violently hungry just Thinking about it . mint chocolate also because im normal

@vir-colligerus @lokibrainrot @pangolin-404 (pangolin what if I mauledyou to death (guy who read festering and stared at a wall for 5 minutes straight))

A person's favorite color, favorite animal, and favorite flavor of ice cream can say a lot about them when considering the answers as a whole. Some prime examples I've heard are:

~ Silver, Artic Wolf, and Mint Chocolate Chip.

~ Pink/Yellow, Putu Bird, and Cotton Candy.

~ Light Brown, Tree Kangaroo, and Rum Raisin.

~ Green, Pig, and Cookie Dough.

Mine are:

~ Burgundy, Fox, and Moose Tracks.

Tag some friends and get a sense of who they are! :)

@notable-bumblr @persistentchaos @enterfandomreference @valerietompson @paper-crowns-and-tiaras @ironxprince @acecuddle @angst-dealer @hey-you-i-just

#reblog game #guh #how cooked am I #(EXTREMELY)

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i see it so i See it I see Thart with me EyeBals

when i see it i Look at it Put my eyes on it with My sightballs I look with my look balls and see It so in front of me

i see it with my eyedbarls

#this is kind of like my thought process and that scares me

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saw this one video on instagram and the voices reminded me of them. new update where the entities can come outside and get in their 2021 kia rio to run you over with

audio: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6DYmVftZNA/

#I FUCKIKG LOVE THIS VDIEO #i need this engraved into the material of my skull immediately with hieroglyphs #lethal company #lethal company jester #lethal company nutcracker #koukarchive #saveme

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yhis is what boredom does to a mf ... hi vero

user vir colligerus this 1 is for you. anyways I am a firm believer in bracken/masked qpp relationship agenda

#lethal company #lethal company bracken #lethal company masked #koukart #using paint tools to paint for once in my life instead of rawdogging it out with the pen tool and opacity