If you struggle to identify your feelings on a regular basis, you might just have alexithymia - here's how you can know if ...

Having alexithymia can make it hard for a person to express or identify their emotions. The condition can occur with certain conditions, such as depression, neurological conditions, and brain injury.

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As human beings, our lives are profoundly influenced by how we experience, handle, and express emotions. At some point in our lives, we all experience extreme sadness, fear, stress, joy, and love.

Alexithymia is when someone has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating ...

“I would describe my emotional ‘palette’ as very limited,” the research subject wrote. “The subtleties that other people seem comfortable with are really quite alien to me — the distinctions don’t ...

When you first enter therapy, it might be surprisingly difficult to answer the question, "How are you feeling?" Answering that question can be even more of a challenge if you deal with what is known ...

Navigating emotions can be tricky for anyone. However, for those with alexithymia, this journey is often more challenging. Many people come to therapy when they feel as though they are disconnected ...

How can you describe what it feels like to have difficulty describing what things feel like? That's the challenge that people with alexithymia face everyday. Alexithymia is a pervasive inability to ...

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