Tag: difficulty identifying emotions


Adolescent Alexithymia: Decoding Hidden Emotional Worlds

Introduction to Adolescent Alexithymia Alexithymia, derived from Greek meaning “a lack of words for emotions,” refers not to a clinical diagnosis but rather to a stable personality construct characterized by a significant inability to identify and describe one’s own feelings, coupled with an externally oriented cognitive style. While initially studied primarily in adult populations, particularly […]

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Alexithymia

Introduction and Definition of Alexithymia Alexithymia, a term derived from the Greek meaning “a lack of words for emotions” (a- for lack, lexis for word, thymos for emotion), describes a pervasive personality construct characterized by a significant deficit in the cognitive processing and regulation of emotional states. It is crucial to understand that alexithymia is […]

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