culpa intro nostra astrum
Theresa Louise M. Lagman.
Toronto, Canada.
Instagram: loulagman
FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT
[phrase]
Latin: “Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy” (Virgil).
DISTRAIT
[adjective]
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
ALEXITHYMIA
[noun]
a term coined by psychotherapist Peter Sifneos in 1973 to describe a state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. The word comes from the Ancient Greek words λέξις (a - prefix meaning “lack”, lexis - “diction”, “word”) and θυμός (thumos - “soul, as the seat of emotion, feeling, and thought”) modified by an alpha-privative, literally meaning “without words for emotions”.
Can’t explain emotions. huh.
ANHEDONIA
[noun]
in psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasised pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in an activity (“motivational anhedonia”), as compared to the level of enjoyment of the activity itself (“consummatory anhedonia”).
THYMOANAESTHESIA
[noun]
a common side-effect of long term antidepressant use; the phenomenon of emotional blunting, or mood anaesthesia. Many users of SSRIs* complain of apathy, lack of motivation, emotional numbness, feelings of detachment, and indifference to surroundings. They may describe this as a feeling of “not caring about anything anymore.”
[SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors – they are a class of compounds typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, and some personality disorders.]
DEPRESSION
[noun]
1. a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless. They may lose interest in activities that once were pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or overeating, or problems concentrating, remembering details or making decisions; and may contemplate or attempt suicide. Insomnia, excessive sleeping, fatigue, loss of energy, or aches, pains or digestive problems that are resistant to treatment may be present. An episode of being in a depressed mood is not necessarily a psychiatric disorder. A depressed mood is a normal reaction to certain life events, a symptom of some medical conditions, and a side-effect of some medical treatments. Whilst interrelated, depression is separate to clinical depression.
2. general sadness; gloom; dejection.
3. a depressed or sunken place or part; an area lower than the surrounding surface.
LANGUISH
[verb]
1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
2. to lose vigour and vitality.
3. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress.
4. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored.
5. to pine with desire or longing.
[noun]
6. the act or state of languishing.
7. a tender, melancholy look or expression.
EXSANGUINOUS
[adjective]
without blood; bloodless or anaemic.
