FrostedShores
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Why do people enjoy sad things? What's going on in the brain when a person listens to sad music or watches a sad movie? And from a mental health perspective, which is preferable: to spend most of your time enjoying sad, negative things, or to be entirely anhedonic and not able to really enjoy anything?
I've gone through a long bout of anhedonia that is finally waning. I'm enjoying things again, but all the things I'm enjoying are sad or negative in some way: sad music, sad tv/movies, sad books, etc. I can't seem to get any enjoyment out of positive things...
Is this just a personality quirk? Or could it be related to other things, such as low dopamine or high estrogen or something along those lines?
I've gone through a long bout of anhedonia that is finally waning. I'm enjoying things again, but all the things I'm enjoying are sad or negative in some way: sad music, sad tv/movies, sad books, etc. I can't seem to get any enjoyment out of positive things...
Is this just a personality quirk? Or could it be related to other things, such as low dopamine or high estrogen or something along those lines?