When you first enter therapy, it might be surprisingly difficult to answer the question, "How are you feeling?" Answering that question can be even more of a challenge if you deal with what is known ...

Alexithymia is described as "emotional blindness" and means people can't name or recognize emotions. It often stems from childhood trauma, where disconnecting from emotions is a coping mechanism.

As human beings, our lives are profoundly influenced by how we experience, handle, and express emotions. At some point in our lives, we all experience extreme sadness, fear, stress, joy, and love.

Have you ever wanted to convey a feeling but just couldn't find the right words? Millions of people struggle with a personality trait known as alexithymia, which means "no words for feelings." ...

Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating ...

Side view of two sad good friends embracing in a bedroom in a house interior with a dark light in the background(Getty Images/iStockphoto/AntonioGuillem) At first ...

Health-related quality of life and caregiver burden were both significantly correlated with alexithymia in patients with Parkinson disease, with the sub-component “identifying feelings” serving as a ...