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alexithymia

[ ey-lek-suh-thahy-mee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. difficulty in experiencing, expressing, and describing emotional responses.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alexithymia1

a- 6 + Greek ±ôé³æ¾± ( s ) speech ( alexia ) + -thymia
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Well, this is another thing I can identify with, and it's called alexithymia.

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As a consequence of blocking these avenues, alexithymia predisposes men to deal with stress in less constructive ways, which may involve externalizing their stress, as in irritable, aggressive and even violent behavior.

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His study, he added, is the first "to show that a difficulty recognizing moving, rather than still, angry expressions is associated with autism, and not alexithymia."

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According to Stoner, she was diagnosed with her eating disorders, as well as generalized anxiety disorder, OCD tendencies and alexithymia, which the publication describes as a dysfunction in emotional awareness often linked to PTSD.

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“Have you heard the term alexithymia before?†he asked.

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