"Hedonia" suggests a place or a condition. "Hedonism" is a philosophy. Maybe "I am in Hedonia" I am in a place of ultimate pleasure or some thing like that. (crackin' at it without a dictionary) I suggest a dictionary.

Sure you got the word right? Hedonia isn't even in the dictionary.

he·don·ism (hdn-zm) n. 1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses. 2. Philosophy The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good. 3. Psychology The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. There is no such word as Hedonia???????? Perhaps a mispelling???

I believe you're looking for anhedonia --which is an inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable life events such as eating, exercise, and social or sexual interaction. Anhedonia is recognized as one of the key symptoms of the mood disorder depression. It is a psychology term.

""hedonia" is the condition of pleasure. Hedonism is looking for this condition. 1) "-hedonia, suffix meaning "(condition of) pleasure, cheerfulness": anhedonia, hyphedonia, parhedonia." Source and further information: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/-hedonia 2) "The two approaches to well-being—namely, hedonism and eudaimonism—are founded on different views of human nature. The hedonic approach uses what Tooby and Cosmides (1992) referred to as the standard social science model, which considers the human organism initially to be relatively empty and thus malleable, such that it gains its meaning in accord with social and cultural teachings. In contrast, the eudaimonic approach ascribes content to human nature and works to uncover that content and to understand the conditions that facilitate versus diminish it. Still, there is believed to be substantial overlap between the experience of hedonia and eudaimonia, and research reviewed by Waterman, Schwartz, and Conti (this issue) and by Bauer, McAdams, and Pals (this issue) indicates a high level of statistical covariance. The position taken by Waterman and colleagues is that, if a person experiences eudaimonic living he or she will necessarily also experience hedonic enjoyment; however, not all hedonic enjoyment is derived from eudaimonic living. Still the two are highly correlated, and most researchers agree that there will be considerable overlap (e.g., Ryan and Deci, 2001). In spite of the statistical convergence between hedonia and eudaimonia, there are very important points of divergence." Source and further information: http://www.springerlink.com/content/f876631212487275/fulltext.pdf Further information: - "hedono-, hedon-, -hedonia, -hedonic + (Greek: pleasure)": http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2502 - "Hedonism, the Pleasures of Life": http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3461/?letter=H&spage=1 3) "There is controversy about dopamine’s role in the reward system. Three hypotheses—hedonia, learning, and incentive salience—have been proposed as explanations for dopamine’s function in the reward system. The hedonia hypothesis suggest that dopamine in the nucleus accumbens is a 'pleasure neurotransmitter'. Historically, in the late 1970s, it was found that drugs of abuse, worked with dopamine particularly in the nucleus accumbens to cause the "high" or euphoric state. However, not all rewards or pleasurable things cause the reward system to be activated which suggests that the mesolimbic system may not just be a system that works merely off things you like (hedonia)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolimbic_pathway 4) "Hedonism is a type of philosophy for that the pleasure is an ultimate importance and the most important pursuit for the man. The name derives from the Greek word for "delight" (ήδονισμÏŒς hÄ“donismos from ήδονή hÄ“donÄ“ "pleasure", a cognate of English sweet + suffix ισμÏŒς ismos "ism")." "The basic idea behind hedonistic thought is that pleasure is the only thing that is good for a person; indeed: the only good. This is often used as a justification for evaluating actions in terms of how much pleasure and how little pain (i.e. suffering) they produce. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize this net pleasure (pleasure minus pain)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism