Counterproductivity

Fun fact: Googling "counterproductivity syndrome" will actually bring up this thread as the top result.

I've been all over Wikipedia, alec, checking out every syndrome connected or related to counter-productivity, counter-intuitiveness, capability, over-qualification, procrastination, and work aversion I could find, and no dice. Maybe what you're looking for is a localized term-- some folk term or something that doesn't translate well?
 
I still say that you're trying to conjure a syndrome out of a common case of laziness just so you'll feel better about being a lazy wanker.

Get over yerself, stop chasing ghosts (that's a job for the ghost busters) and start reading more of my LPs.
 
Yamu said:
Fun fact: Googling "counterproductivity syndrome" will actually bring up this thread as the top result.

I've been all over Wikipedia, alec, checking out every syndrome connected or related to counter-productivity, counter-intuitiveness, capability, over-qualification, procrastination, and work aversion I could find, and no dice. Maybe what you're looking for is a localized term-- some folk term or something that doesn't translate well?
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I've done the same, Yamu. Clicked all lemmas in lists of syndromes and couldn't find anything even remotely related to what it is I'm looking for.

So, yeah, maybe I'm just imagining things or maybe it was something local.

Sorry for obviously troubling most of you with this simple request.
 
Hm, perhaps it's rather a question of motivation instead of counterproductivity. (There's similar behavior described in Vroom's expectancy theory, for instance.)
 
alec said:
Simple question:

I am looking for the name of a certain syndrome, a counterproductive one. It basically boils down to this: 'I know I can do that, so I don't do it.'

I know there's a name for this thing, but it has slipped my mind and I can't find it via Google.

Anyone else who knows?

Thanks.
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Motivational anhedonia, you bunch of tards... :roll:

Apathy
Procrastination
Malaise
Depression
 
alec said:
Sorry for obviously troubling most of you with this simple request.
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Its not really trouble. Ignore the troll posts. But you have to admit your post gives a lot of potential for fun and jokes.

DammitBoy said:
alec said:
Simple question:

I am looking for the name of a certain syndrome, a counterproductive one. It basically boils down to this: 'I know I can do that, so I don't do it.'

I know there's a name for this thing, but it has slipped my mind and I can't find it via Google.

Anyone else who knows?

Thanks.
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Motivational anhedonia, you bunch of tards... :roll:

Apathy
Procrastination
Malaise
Depression
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I am not sure if he is meaning that.

In psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia (pron.: /ˌænhiˈdoʊniə/ AN-hee-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: ἀν- an-, "without" + ἡδονή hēdonē, "pleasure") is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasized pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in an activity ("motivational anhedonia"), as compared to the level of enjoyment of the activity itself ("consummatory anhedonia").[1]

According to William James the term was coined by Théodule-Armand Ribot.

One can distinguish many kinds of pathological depression. Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition. "The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with analgesia," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists."[2]

Anhedonia can be a characteristic of mental disorders including mood disorders, schizoaffective disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizophrenia. For example, people affected with schizophrenia often describe themselves as feeling emotionally empty.[3]

Mood disturbances are commonly observed in many psychiatric disorders. Disturbing mood changes may occur resultant to stressful life events and they are not uncommon during times of physical illness.[4] While anhedonia can be a feature of such mood changes, they are not mutually inclusive.
 
No, what you referenced certainly does not mean what Aec referred to or even what I referred to.

You'd have to actually look up 'Motivational anhedonia' to know what I was referring to, hence me posting the words, "Motivational anhedonia'.

Serbs... :roll:
 
Surf Solar said:
DammitBoy said:
Serbs... :roll:
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Can you actually put one single post somewhere without being a total asshole to other posters?
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I wouldn't worry about it Surf Solar, DammitBoy and Crni Vuk have this strange love affair going on, it usually involves DammitBoy stomping on Crni Vuk's balls, which oddly enough Crni Vuk doesn't seem to mind. :wink:
 
Yes, he can be very very snippy. :roll:

On a sidenote: he's wrong. It's not ''Motivational anhedonia". It was definitely a syndrome.

I might actually just do what Per suggested and name the thing after myself. No one else seems to know about it, so...
 
alec said:
Sorry for obviously troubling most of you with this simple request.
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well if you tried almost everything ... then it doesn't seem to be that simple. Or maybe youre joking no clue.
 
Motivational Deficiency Disorder
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420696/

Just another bullshit disorder cooked up so they can sell drugs.

Its call being lazy. Laziness is not a disease, it does not need drug treatment.

Syndrome:
Syndrome can be described as a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
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Disorder:
Disorder is nothing but a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction
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mobucks said:
Motivational Deficiency Disorder
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420696/

Just another bullshit disorder cooked up so they can sell drugs.

Its call being lazy. Laziness is not a disease, it does not need drug treatment.

Syndrome:
Syndrome can be described as a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
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Disorder:
Disorder is nothing but a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction
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You are correct sir. Laziness should be dealt with by handing out beatings to those lazy fucks.
 
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