Athymhormia (from Ancient Greek θυμός thūmós, "mood" or "affect", and hormḗ, "impulse", "drive" or "appetite"), also called athymhormic syndrome, psychic akinesia, or auto-activation deficit (AAD), is a rare psychopathological and neurological syndrome characterized by extreme passivity, apathy, blunted affect and a profound generalized loss of self-motivation and conscious thought. It is a disorder of diminished motivation.
Athymhormia (from Ancient Greek θυμός thūmós, "mood" or "affect", and hormḗ, "impulse", "drive" or "appetite"), also called athymhormic syndrome, psychic akinesia, or auto-activation deficit (AAD), is a rare psychopathological and neurological syndrome characterized by extreme passivity, apathy, blunted affect and a profound generalized loss of self-motivation and conscious thought. It is a disorder of diminished motivation.
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