Acathexis is a psychoanalytic term for a lack of emotional response to significant memories or actual interactions, where such a response would normally be expected. [1]
The term also refers more broadly to a general absence of normal or expected feelings. [2]
Acathexis has been linked to anxiety, bipolar disorder and dementia, [3] while the phenomenon also appears in posttraumatic stress disorder. [4]
Acathexis is a psychoanalytic term for a lack of emotional response to significant memories or actual interactions, where such a response would normally be expected. [1]
The term also refers more broadly to a general absence of normal or expected feelings. [2]
Acathexis has been linked to anxiety, bipolar disorder and dementia, [3] while the phenomenon also appears in posttraumatic stress disorder. [4]