Any comforting guesses as to when we will reach the point of being able to routinely cure it?
Do we "routinely cure" depression? People do stop being depressed but I'm not sure that I would use the word "routinely cure".
It might be more productive to think of the suffering person as a subject than as an object. Feeling pleasure is only possible if you actually see yourself as a subject.
Parts of the brain don't function right. Contrary to your and the majority's belief, it's not a matter of choice to see yourself as a subject and alter your thinking. It wouldn't cure your aging for the same reason it won't cure the type of anhedonia in question.
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