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anhedonia
The anhedonia is the medical condition whose symptom is the inability to feel pleasure. He is considered that it is result of a rupture in the natural reward system of the brain which, in normal circumstances, releases dopamine in a pleasant event.
Is a condition that often occurs in people suffering from other illnesses such as depression or schizophrenia, and only on rare occasions is as an isolated disease.
The word itself is derived from the Greek "an" meaning "without", and "hedone" which means "pleasure".
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