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  2. Apathy - Wikipedia

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    Apathy can also be defined as a person's lack of goal orientation. [2] Apathy falls in the less extreme spectrum of diminished motivation, with abulia in the middle and akinetic mutism being more extreme than both apathy and abulia. [3] The apathetic may lack a sense of purpose, worth, or meaning in their life.

  3. Disorders of diminished motivation - Wikipedia

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    Often however, a spectrum of DDM is defined encompassing apathy, abulia, and akinetic mutism, with apathy being the mildest form and akinetic mutism being the most severe or extreme form. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Akinetic mutism involves alertness but absence of movement and speech due to profound lack of will.

  4. Reduced affect display - Wikipedia

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    Reduced affect display, sometimes referred to as emotional blunting or emotional numbing, is a condition of reduced emotional reactivity in an individual. It manifests as a failure to express feelings either verbally or nonverbally, especially when talking about issues that would normally be expected to engage emotions.

  5. Apatheism - Wikipedia

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    Apatheism (/ ˌ æ p ə ˈ θ iː ɪ z əm /; a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy toward the existence or non-existence of God(s).It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system.

  6. Dysphoria - Wikipedia

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    Dysphoria (from Ancient Greek δύσφορος (dúsphoros) 'grievous'; from δυσ-(dus-) 'bad, difficult' and φέρω (phérō) 'to bear') is a profound state of unease or dissatisfaction. It is the semantic opposite of euphoria .

  7. Apatheia - Wikipedia

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    Whereas Aristotle had claimed that virtue was to be found in the golden mean between an excess and a deficiency of emotion (metriopatheia), the Stoics thought that living virtuously provided freedom from the passions, resulting in apatheia. [2]

  8. Mood swing - Wikipedia

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    Graphical comparison of mood swings, compared with bipolar disorder and cyclothymia. A mood swing is an extreme or sudden change of mood.Such changes can play a positive or a disruptive part in promoting problem solving and in producing flexible forward planning. [1]

  9. Emptiness - Wikipedia

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    Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation, nihilism and apathy.Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, [1] depression, loneliness, anhedonia, despair, or other mental/emotional disorders, including schizoid personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and ...