Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

For someone who is struggling with depression, and su ering from anhedonia as a part of that, the pleasure in activities and the motivation to engage in them takes time to return and can be very up and down for a long while. Individuals were coming along to therapy believing that their strong painful emotions were the result of a fault in their brain or personality. A shi from perceiving the stress response as a problem to viewing it as an asset that wil help frees up those individuals to spend less energy trying to squash the feelings and instead focus on meeting whatever demands they face. Reading, studying, curiosity, personal chal enging self with growth. exams or performances that push and expand those skil s and promote learning.