Apathy is a state of indifference — where an individual has an absence of interest or concern to certain aspects of emotional, social, or physical life. Apathy can be object-specific — toward a person, activity or environment. It is a common reaction to stress where it manifests as "learned helplessness" and is commonly associated with depression. History Apathy is a common feeling of complete discontent for one's emotional behaviour. Apathy etymologically derives from the Greek ??????? (apatheia), a term used by the Stoics to signify indifference for what one is not responsible for (that is, according to their philosophy, all things exterior, one being only responsible of his representations and judgments). The concept was then reappropriated by Christians, who adopted the term to express a contempt of all earthly concerns, a state of mortification, as the gospel prescribes. Thus, the word h

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