srdiamond comments on My Algorithm for Beating Procrastination - LessWrong

81 Post author: lukeprog 10 February 2012 02:48AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 February 2012 07:02:15PM 3 points [-]

The best way to rule out clinical depression is to inquire whether the apathy merely affects the capacity for looking forward to goal attainment or whether it extends to ongoing activities, so it becomes a pervasive deficit in pleasure ("anhedonia"). I wouldn't conclude there's a depression just from the information provided.