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.

At first blush, it sounds like a scene from a New Yorker cartoon: A psychiatrist asks a patient, "So how are you feeling?" and the patient replies, "I don't know, doc -- that's why I'm here." It seems ...

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.

“I would describe my emotional ‘palette’ as very limited,” the research subject wrote. “The subtleties that other people seem comfortable with are really quite alien to me — the distinctions don’t ...

The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation in women with vaginismus not associated with other organic or psychopathological disorders. The study ...

Childhood trauma, a monumental occurrence in adolescence that can affect personality development into adulthood and beyond, is a subject of extensive research. Its implications are a hot topic through ...

Many people can recognize what emotions they are feeling and express them in words to others. However, some people have difficulty recognizing and expressing their emotions, and this tendency or ...

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 ...