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Q1: Have you experienced apathy or anhedonia? What did it look and feel like? 

Q2: What are some signs that we might be experiencing apathy, anhedonia, or both? 

Q3: What sorts of circumstances or life events might trigger apathy and anhedonia? Are there times we might experience one but not the other?  

Q4: How might the experience of apathy and/or anhedonia have an impact on our friends and family? 

Q5: What some signs that a loved one may be experiencing apathy/anhedonia, and how would you support them? 

Q6: Once we’ve recognised apathy/anhedonia may be an issue, what are some ways we might begin addressing it? Have you found any effective ways of coping?  

Q7: How do we remind ourselves to keep going when apathy and anhedonia may make it really hard to do so? How do we encourage our loved ones to push through? 

Here are some further resources we recommend having a look at: 

1 What are Apathy and Anhedonia? 

https://phinitytherapy.com/issues/apathy-anhedonia/ 

2 How to overcome Apathy and Anhedonia 
https://medvidi.com/blog/how-to-overcome-anhedonia-and-apathy 

3 9 ways to overcome anhedonia 

https://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/anhedonia