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Alexithymia
What is Alexithymia?
Alexithymia is a trait that means “no words for emotions.”
People with this trait commonly experience hard to name feelings, having trouble knowing or sharing what they are feeling, having body confusion such as feeling hunger or tiredness when they feel sad or angry. They may have a hard time reading what others are feeling, and may be more focused on facts and logic over inner feelings or moods.
Alexithymia affects roughly 5-10% of the population, and is very common among neurodivergent people, people with depression, and those with PTSD.
Questions to ask yourself:
What happens inside when somebody asks you how do you feel?
Have you been in a room full of people who are having strong reactions about a movie and you sit and wonder how they have so much to say?
Have you had a moment that is socially seen as touching or important and you know it’s a good thing, but other than that, there’s a blank wall - not much to say about it?
You are not alone and we have a possible name for it.
You may be experiencing “alexithymia”. The word describes the experience of having difficulty describing the inner experience.
I’m a Sleuth at Helping People Find Feelings (IF they exist)
Clients tell me that I’ve provided them with a guided tour of their brain. This is high praise, and I love it and it feels accurate. It makes perfect sense because most time, we humans get caught up in our minds and this can leave us feeling stuck there and not feeling much at all.
But this is also a feelings oriented world.
Are you someone who experiences the world in a super-logical or analytical way? Is it off-putting when you hear people talking about feelings? Or, maybe a previous therapist has asked you how you feel…and you’ve got nothing?
It’s ok to feel nothing; we embrace this.
We’ll start there.
I love working with people who rely on thinking, analysis, or logic but when it comes to feeling, they are confused, foggy, or unclear. Sometimes feelings are there. Other times, there just aren’t any, and that’s okay too.
If you are someone who wants to explore and learn how to switch from thinking to feeling and even be able to identify a feeling or two, I’m your gal.
Through my clinically proven approach, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, we’ll practice self-compassion and radical self-acceptance of the parts we don’t quite know yet, and especially if there are parts that you don’t like.
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