Depression · Behavioral
Anhedonia Reactivation Worksheet
Prediction vs actual pleasure
Anhedonia — the flat, joyless quality of depression — rewires slowly and only through repeated exposure to what used to matter, even when it doesn't feel good yet.
Activities that used to bring pleasure
Two-week rebuild schedule
Day
Activity
Predicted pleasure 0–10
Actual pleasure 0–10
What I'm noticing
Where predictions and reality diverge — depression consistently under-predicts pleasure
Feeling follows repetition
The first three times will feel like nothing. Do them anyway. Feeling returns by way of the doing.