1. It includes anhedonia and a lack of motivation.

2. But symptoms like anhedonia were thought to be adult problems because it's often talked about as decreased libido.

3. Although anhedonia is regarded as an important symptom in psychopathology, it has received relatively little attention.

4. Anhedonia is defined as the diminished capacity to experience pleasure, and it plays a very important role in the aetiology of schizophrenia.

5. However, as this infection and its psychological effects progressed, I began to lose interest in the usual pleasures of life (a condition called anhedonia), including pleasure from sex.