139 Alexithymia - Feeling While AuDHD

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 differenceslack of useful training in emotional skills & languagedifferent emotional experiences than expected in the situationChildhood 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 ClementineWhat Is Alexithymia? Defined, Explained, and Linked to Neurodivergence from Neurodivergent InsightsAlexithymia on Stimpunks (various quotations gathered)AuDHD Flourishing resources:Transcript Doc (often a few weeks behind, but we do catch up!)Mattia's NewsletterLike Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.