Unveiling the 5 Signs of Alexithymia

Many people don't know that there is a condition called Alexithymia, which is characterized by a lack of emotion. In this video, we'll share the 5 signs of Alexithymia with you, so that you can learn about this condition and get help if you think you might have it.
Alexithymia is a relatively common condition, which is why it's important to know the signs of it. If you think you might have Alexithymia, or if you're just feeling a bit down lately, please watch this video and learn about the 5 signs of Alexithymia. It might help you understand why you're feeling the way you are and find the resources you need to get through your struggles
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【5 Signs of Alexithymia】
0:00 First
1:59 ①Difficulty expressing one's feelings in words
2:53 ②Inability to express feelings to others
3:32 ③Being prone to experiencing physical symptoms
4:25 ④Escaping or closing off to cope with hardships
5:36 ⑤Alexithymia can be seen in autism spectrum disorder/ASD, attachment disorders, and complex PTSD.
6:08 Finally.

[@micron000]

People with Alexithymia DO NOT suffer from a "lack of emotion", this is actually a really harmful generalisation. It is a difficulty in recognising and/or communicating said emotions to others, but it certainly doesn't mean that we do not experience them. In fact, some people with Alexithymia might experience very strong emotions, which only makes the difficulty to communicate about them or pin-point them to ourselves, that much more difficult. Furthermore, Alexithymia can also manifest as a difficulty recognising physical symptoms or body signals (such as hunger, needing to go to the bathroom, etc).

[@alittlebitnat]

I think you’re talking about poor interoception

[@micron000]

@@alittlebitnat If you mean with my last line, then yeah - afaik poor interoception can be linked to alexithymia.

[@TheUnikorn415]

Its very interesting that you guys talk and promote this information, im sure it helped and will help many people!

[@Mr-Psychologist]

Best explanation ❤

[@sprinklejoyy]

Thanks babe!

[@akanado40]

My son is autistic very emotional if he play games and he lost crying. Watching tv shows he started crying . If the kids cried he started crying too

[@Truerealism747]

I can feel.my.depression.etx.but.i.have.physical.paim.symptoms I can feel.othwr people's.emotions to.bur o obvously can't feel.what.anxiety.does to mei have Asperger's just diagnosed 43

[@cxrmack6922]

I’m very curious as to why this paragraph ended up the way it is

[@rachbell8915]

I can relate. I feel other peoples' emotions but it's disorganised and highly confusing. I have to be alone to process what are my feelings, what are other people's feelings and exactly what emotions are active. Truth is I am unable to know what the emotion is until I cry. Then I know something bothering me. And it might be days later if at all. It's kinda hard to describe. Alcoholic family, my dad used to be a nasty drunk and my mum was his cheer squad. Us kids the enemy. So I'm the one who tried to make everything ok for my siblings. They needed protection. No people im not an empath not sensitive n all like a few nice people think. I have blurred boundaries if any at all. When I was falling in love with my boyfriend once he told me he'd had a turned foot as a kid. (He didn't really his mum was into dressing him in therapeutic sandals with socks which was the cutest weirdest mum dressing you thing I'd ever heard.) I walked around with my foot turned for two whole weeks. Limping. Didnt realise until my foot really started to hurt. No personal boundaries so no i dont want to see your hernia scar. Itll make my hernia hurt and i dont even have one, im a girl.I never heard if this until right now. I haven't a diagnosis on the autism spectrum but looking back as a child I remember working out how to behave so I fit in. And I'm a quick learner. But my biggest problem became the physical manifestation of it all in my mid 20s. And it was 3 months of ... I was so incredibly scared. Really I think my nervous system just went haywire. I've had every scan blood test etc etc there is (well almost). A brain tumour? A stroke? It's hard to hold on to what those 90ish days were like but I was absolutely terrified. I felt like my body was on a roller-coaster, that physical cresting and whooshing down, and had to lie flat so I could ... umm orient my body. To know up from down or something. I once crawled like a ghoul on my hands and feet into my doctor's busy clinic because even though my eyes were open I had to touch the ground to know which way was up and which way was down. During those nights as I fell asleep? The last moment when i was crossing from awake to asleep I'd come back up to awake with a soul deep gasping breath. Falling asleep felt like falling into death. And I fell downstairs not upstairs kinda. For want of other terms. And over and over again until I'd feel it but it wouldn't stop me from finally being asleep. I've done deep breathing with a motivational chant inbetween for 48 hours straight. Inhale. Exhale. Tomorrow it will start to get a little bit better. Inhale. Exhale. Tomorrow it will start to get a little bit better.... and I never was able to describe all of this to anyone privately or medical professions. I was too busy white knuckling it to do anything else. It was all going on inside me. Outwardly I can't imagine what I was like. Probably calm but seeming a bit scared? I wish I could have been put into a coma until it stopped - an astute gp prescribed me aropax and in less than 12 hours I was up at dawn pumping up an air mattress for my mum who had visitors coming to stay. I was no trouble as a baby. My mum who never really shares anything about emotions (ikr) told me few years ago (I'm 49) that I was uncannily no trouble as a baby. I would just sit and smile. Walked super early and then I was very independent and stubborn. Still no trouble at all until I was throwing a bit one day. Parents locked me in my room. So I removed a screen and exited that cage via my window, a 3 metre drop onto paving and trotted around to my mum and told her firmly please do not lock me in my room ever again. I was polite but firm. I wasn't quite 2. She loved that I did that (I think) I never got locked up anywhere again. First and only. I sulked after that rather than a tantrum. Met her halfway. Her impression of me is when we worked together she came and asked me, Mr such &such told me he'd met you this morning. Did you just smile and say nothing? I actually had done that. How did she know i did that when i didnt? The context being that he was chuckling happily and I'd made a good impression. Sorry I do go on but I could continue for days with what I just put together from this thing I've never heard of. I also felt I had to concentrate on not soiling myself during the worst of it. Something that I wasn't aware of exactly but I knew it in retro. It's been mention once in my search for info. And in relation to fight or flight and adrenal fatigue. UThat you can run faster with empty bowels and that's why gazelles e.g. defecate as a lion begins to chase them. When i was on the roller-coaster felt/sensed , that I had to concentrate on not fainting (I've never fainted in my life) because I wouldn't quite faint, I'd still be half conscious and it would feel just awful and I'd probably soil myself. I didn't think those words. I don't think my inside head voice said any words except the 48 hour mantra. I can only understand Why I crawled into that doctor's rooms except that I finally remembered that I had my eyes open but couldn't tell up from down without touching the ground. I wasn't outwardly panicking or saying anything. I was just desperate to get inside and get help. I went many many times. And left without any relief. I was so scared.

[@Truerealism747]

@@rachbell8915 Claire weeks good for anxiety side are you hypermobile diagnosed Asperger's 43 do you have fybromyalgia with it thankyou for reply

[@ericab65]

If I have these symptoms and everything that you listed do I have alexithimya

[@reah677]

@@ericab65 I think it’s better to get checked out first, it’s not healthy to self diagnose yourself, if u feel worried abt this, I’d say go see someone professional!

[@NekoiLing]

And im not feeling emotions for 8 years😊

[@lumpychucks6457]

This video mentions alexithymia as being a reason they can't express their feelings to their parents, but I have a feeling that their parents are most likely a cause of their alexithymia in the first place. I have trouble believing all these problems are simply 'imbalances' of the brain. That just seems like a convenient excuse to let parents off the hook. Of course medical 'professionals' will skew towards blaming genetics and imbalances, when it is the parents who pay the bills for their services.

[@Deeegenerate]

I wholeheartedly agree- the moment I spent more time with a safe person instead of my parent I started feeling more again, I was able to cry (after not having cried for such a long time). It plays such a big part

[@fooohousie]

Yeah it’s a symptom of CPTSD.