Using the power of healthy hedonism to cultivate your lust for life. Key points Chronic, unremitting anxiety can deplete the brain-body until depression takes root and reinforces anhedonia. Anhedonia is a dysregulated system involving dopamine, serotonin, and cortisol. Awareness lets us regulate emotion and retrain habits toward healthy hedonism. In a recent post, “Reclaiming Joy With Positive Affect Treatment” (PAT), I wrote about how lost pleasure isn’t just a symptom of an