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post Jul 14 2024, 01:56 AM

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can any christians tell me what is the meaning of anhedonia? it's an incurable condition

This is what i read from the internet:
[Ecclesiastes Ch 6:1-2 says, “There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men: a man whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.” There is also something called ANHEDONIA which is an INABILITY or UNWILLINGNESS to enjoy oneself To be surrounded by wealth, possessions, honor, etc. but to not have the ABILITY TO ENJOY IT. It is a BURDEN to be anhedonic. This is the opposite of HEDONISM. Some of us need to get back to TOIL because we worry about things that are real, like bills and a mortgage. But God calls you to STOP and ENJOY things like your kids. YEAH BUT THEY ARE NOISY AND MESSY AND SMELL. But they won’t be that way for long.Maybe you are alone and you can’t enjoy that time alone.But you’ve been given SILENCE Freedom to travel Freedom to serveThere are so many people who have other obligations but when alone, you don’t have those same obligationsTAKE JOY IN WHAT YOU DO HAVE, NOT SORROW IN WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE]

is it saying anhedonia is a punishment or what?
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post Jul 24 2024, 06:42 PM

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QUOTE(zanness @ Jul 24 2024, 10:17 AM)
1. Ecclesiastes was written around King Solomon, the most depressed yet smartest person ever lived..
2. The book is summarized by the meaning of life and human conditions
3. Anhedonia is a mental depression state, which of no surprise is shown by Solomon.
3. The verse you referred to is the condition of King Soloman having everything but eventually finding it vain.
4. The conclusion of the entire depression is summarized by Ecclesiastes 12:13,14

King James Version (KJV)
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 

5. Life as humans know it is of vanity. But life can only make sense when we do God's will and stay near to Him in communion
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Is there a biblical way to get out of anhedonia?

What about involuntary singleness? What’s the bible’s take on these?

The emptiness is no joke, no amount of antidepressant is helping
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post Jul 26 2024, 04:30 PM

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QUOTE(zanness @ Jul 25 2024, 03:36 PM)
I'm not a professional, but from my personal point of view.. meditate on the word of God.
Understand from Ecclesiastes, that God should be the center of a human's life.

From where I see it, your life has no meaning and you're depressed probably because there is no GOD in your life.

1. Matthew 4:4,"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Do you read the Bible enough to know what God wants for your life? and do you rely on the word of God daily on your everyday aspects of life?

2. Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 147:3, John 14:27, Philippians 4:6-7
Do you depend on God as you should in Psalms 55:22, 1 Peter 5:7 ?

3. Romans 15:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6, Titus 2:13,Matthew 24:42-44
Do you look forward for the coming of Christ as every Christian should?

Life without God is hopeless and depressing. No amount of money or materials can fill the gap that life eventually ends. I guess the true question I have for you is how much do you know God, and how much do you depend on him? and if you're truly saved, you should have the Holy Spirit in you, to guide you, to comfort you, and to CORRECT you when you're astray..
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Well there is a battle going on in my life, it’s very obvious

one is trying to destroy me and the other one protects me, I have always thought god is the one protecting me.

If it was god that mean god is in me then why do I suffer anhedonia?

If not god then what is protecting me? Secret societies? Why?

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