Why Don't I Like Anything?

Why Don’t I Like Anything?

An Anhedonia Guide for Existential Loners

Do you ever feel numb - like life is happening behind glass, and you’re just going through the motions?

This guide is for existential loners, schizoid-leaning, and emotionally detached individuals who feel cut off from joy, motivation, or meaning. Psychologists call it anhedonia - the inability to feel pleasure - but for many, it feels more like emptiness, cynicism, or endless chores without reward.

Inside this guide, you’ll find:

• A simple breakdown of how the reward system works - and why it fails.
• The schizoid dilemma: the push and pull between connection and distance.
• Common socially-learned beliefs that block your ability to feel joy.
• 3 practical steps to start reconnecting: radical honesty, real self-care, and goal adjustment.
• A strategy to shift from “99 parts duty, 1 part desire” to a healthier balance.
• Why anhedonia isn’t a weakness, but a signal - and how it can even give you a new perspective on life.

This is not therapy, and it’s not a quick fix. It’s a grounded, non-pathologising resource to help you understand what’s happening and begin taking small, realistic steps toward feeling alive again.

Mind Mastery is a space for those who feel different - existential loners, outsiders, schizoid-leaning and intellectually driven individuals. Here, your struggles are taken seriously, without therapy clichés or self-help fluff.