Apathy Syndrome

	This Persona series page is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
	No reason provided.

An Apathy Syndrome victim from Persona 3 The Movie: Winter of Rebirth

Apathy Syndrome is a condition which affects people in Persona 3. Victims are referred to as The Lost.

Game Appearances

Persona 3

When Makoto Yuki is recruited to S.E.E.S. in April, Shuji Ikutsuki and Mitsuru Kirijo explain their understanding of Shadows and Apathy Syndrome to him. Shadows are beings that appear during the Dark Hour. In the event a normal person not transmogrified into a coffin during the Dark Hour, then they are likely to be attacked by a Shadow. The Shadows eat the minds of their victims, resulting in the victim becoming unable to speak or move. This condition is known as Apathy Syndrome, and those who have contracted it are called The Lost. If left to their own devices, they will perish due to malnutrition or accidents. Thus, one of S.E.E.S.' goals is to defeat Shadows and prevent more ordinary people from becoming The Lost.

This section contains spoilers. (Skip Section)

It is later revealed that Ikutsuki was manipulating S.E.E.S. into defeating the Shadows that appeared during Full Moon operations so that they would recombine into Death.

End of spoilers.

Persona 3 FES

	This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
	No reason provided.

Persona 3 Portable

	This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
	No reason provided.

Persona 3 Reload

	This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
	No reason provided.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

During Story Mode, Naoto Shirogane says the true cause of Apathy Syndrome was when a Shadow left its owners body. Naoto believes the coma victims in Dancing All Night are similar to the victims of Apathy Syndrome. Except this time around, the Shadows are being forcibly removed from their owners, and the Investigation Team being able to wield their Shadows as Personas has prevented them from falling into the Apathy Syndrome-like coma.

Trivia

• In the Persona 3 lore and setting book, Persona Club P3, it is clarified that Shadows do not actually eat humans. The real cause of Apathy Syndrome is when a human loses the will to live and their Shadow leaves them. Shadows originated from Nyx but now exist as part of human minds, and being without their Shadow makes humans non-functional thus giving the appearance of what is called Apathy Syndrome. Defeating Shadows causes them to return to their respective humans and cures them of Apathy Syndrome.
• Despite the name, Apathy Syndrome is more akin to akinetic mutism than it is to apathy, mainly that akinetic mutism is the tendency to not move or speak due to diminished motivation while apathy tends to only hinder emotional stimulation and decrease productivity.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	無気力症 Mukiryoku-shō	Lack-of-energy/drive disease
Simplified Chinese	无气力症 Wú qìlì zhèng	Lack-of-energy/drive disease
Traditional Chinese	喪失精力症 Sàngshī jīnglì zhèng	Energy/drive-loss disease
French	Syndrome apathique	Apathetic syndrome
German	Apathie-Syndrom	Apathy syndrome
Italian	Sindrome apatica	Apathetic syndrome
Korean	무기력증無氣力症 Mugiryeokjeung	Lack-of-energy/drive disease
Polish	Apatia	Apathy
Portuguese	Síndrome da Apatia	Apathy Syndrome
Russian	Синдром апатии	Apathy syndrome
Spanish	Apatía	Apathy
Turkish	Apati Sendromu	Apathy Syndrome