ALEXITHYMIA & AUTISM (graphic + links) ![]()
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Alexithymia is the difficulty in identifying, processing and conveying one's own emotions and sensations or recognising those of others. It is very common among Autistic and other neurodivergent people.![]()
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As one of our Autistic mentors describes, "It means I often don’t know how to recognise and communicate my emotions - NOT that I don’t have emotions at all."![]()
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For a deeper dive, please see:![]()
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▪️ From Yo Samdy Sam "Alexithymia: What it's like to not know how you feel" (youtu.be/S3tD94tB6T4)![]()
▪️ From Sonny Hallett via Medium, "When everyone is speaking a different language: Alexithymia & Autism" (tinyurl.com/y5y972wg)![]()
▪️ From our Feb 2021 post on "Interoception Resources" (tinyurl.com/c2nd652w)![]()
▪️ From Onesimusix, "The Emotional Word Wheel"(imgur.com/a/CkxQC)![]()
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Image shared with permission of Emily Lees, an Autistic Speech Language Therapist whose work can be found on Twitter @EmilioLees and at www.autisticslt.com.
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