139 Alexithymia - Feeling While AuDHD
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Alexithymia is common in AuDHDers, and involves having trouble identifying and communicating emotions.
There are a lot of reasons this can be the case, including:
interoception differences
lack of useful training in emotional skills & language
different emotional experiences than expected in the situation
Childhood Emotional Neglect (which can cause alexithymia)
Alexithymia is NOT a disorder! It's a difference.
And... you may have reasons to question whether there are aspects of it you want to address.
Additional reading:
- When you can read everyone but yourself: on autistic and ADHD emotional awareness by Morgana Clementine
- What Is Alexithymia? Defined, Explained, and Linked to Neurodivergence from Neurodivergent Insights
- Alexithymia on Stimpunks (various quotations gathered)
- Transcript Doc (often a few weeks behind, but we do catch up!)
- Mattia's Newsletter
- Like Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord)
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