“Among the animal tests Skinner reported upon were some that induced abulia.”

“Wilmerding is suffering from a very 21st-century malaise: pathological indecision, or abulia.”

“So melancholy, grief, abulia, Weltschmerz, loss of libido, thoughts of suicide, and, presumably, a host of other symptoms associated with depression, like anger and irritability, all get lumped into the category of anxiety.”