Euthumia, dysthumia, and athumia are words I coined to refer to three general conditions of spirit. In future posts I'll describe more specific conditions within two of these three general categories.
This post summarizes previous posts about euthumia and dysthumia and introduces athumia.
Euthumia is well-spiritedness. Dysthumia is ill- or disordered-spiritedness.
Athumia is non-spiritedness. Not in the sense of being without spirit; that is, dead. Rather in the sense of being neither well-spirited nor ill-spirited.
When we're athumic, we're neither high nor low as far as our spiritedness goes.
We tend to have a flat affect.
We're neither lethargic nor hyperactive.
We might be able to concentrate but not in a productive way.
We're neither fatigued nor energetic.
We tend to be apathetic, listless, emotionally numb, and unmotivated.
There might or might not be a physical or mental basis.
When we athumic we're neither euthumic nor dysthumic. We just are.
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