You haven't met my in- laws, have you. ;)

Yes its a great word and sadly the world is way too full of people who
are unable to experience real pleasure in anything because all their
energy is being taken up by negativity, finger pointing and The Blame
Game. What they consider enjoying some time together = ripping and
slashing whomever is not present, bitching and exchanging notes on
what they KNOW he/she MEANT by what he/she said, calling each other
and everyone else who has does not agree with them and back up every
little sick negative thought they express an "f.cking a.shole"  - well
you get the idea....can you tell I've had a bad week? haha! Ah well
next week is a new week, right?

Actually I supposed anhedonia in its truest sense of the word is not
the correct word to descibe them. They DO experice pleasure - this is
what the consider "pleasureable", haha! So, ok any other "word freaks"
out there, what would the word be for what I'm describing? Maybe
Narcissistic? How bout just plain old "Dysfuctional" to the Max...
nah, that word is so hackeyed and worn out.....that one bores me
anymore....

Personally my idea of a "pleasureable" time usually involves something
peaceful and quite that allows me to "recharge" and get ready for the
next round of Daily Living and being grateful for the blessing I have,
return to better health etc.....Their idea of a pleasureable time is
spending it in chaos and turmoil. Its a bad mix for me.....

Hey CJ I think I need a visit to your Healing Tree ;)

This was the original title of the Woody Allen film "Annie Hall."

Woody is supposedly a very big fan of antidepressants as a result of
his longstanding battle with said state of being.

You'd never know it from his films, of course, which radiate
contentedness and satisfaction with the current human condition.

Thanks, Suds, I'm a big fan of interesting words. What worries me about
anhedonia is that "normal" word in the definition ;-)