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 ...

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

The word alexithymia derives from Greek and translates roughly as "no words for emotions" When most of us are stressed out we're able to intuitively name the emotion because of the way it makes us ...

Psychiatrist Saitō Satoru discusses a mental disorder in which individuals become incapable of identifying or expressing their own emotions as they force themselves to appear normal before others. He ...

Reviewed by Aaron Miller, MD, Professor of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Medical Director at the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, New York, NY ...

Do you ever have trouble describing what you're feeling? Do some of your friends and family think you can be cold and emotion-less? Do you find yourself feeling nothing when other people expect you to ...

Alexithymia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, are two distinct psychological conditions, each presenting unique challenges in the lives of adolescents. While complex, the ...

Researchers have conclusively shown that people with autistic traits show less empathy and reduced understanding of other people's feelings in a new study out today from the University of Bath and ...

People with autism were found to show less empathy and reduced understanding of other people's feelings, stated new study from the University of Bath and King's College London. Whilst autism might be ...

When most of us are stressed out we're able to intuitively name the emotion because of the way it makes us feel. But when Dr Krysia Waldock is struggling it can take a bit longer for the penny to drop ...