#alexithymia — Public Fediverse posts

Yay, I got the ok today from my stomach surgeon about my gastroparesis to have no diet restrictions! I just have to listen closely to my body on what food can be handled. That’ll be a bit tricky with my alexithymia.

Also, I now know I can see improvement until the end of the third month, and then it’ll be as good as it gets. Fingers still crossed that it is life changing in being able to largely eat whole food plant based meals! 😁

#Gastroparesis #Alexithymia #WFPB #VeganFood

Yay, I got the ok today from my stomach surgeon about my gastroparesis to have no diet restrictions! I just have to listen closely to my body on what food can be handled. That’ll be a bit tricky with my alexithymia.

Also, I now know I can see improvement until the end of the third month, and then it’ll be as good as it gets. Fingers still crossed that it is life changing in being able to largely eat whole food plant based meals! 😁

#Gastroparesis #Alexithymia #WFPB #VeganFood

Yay, I got the ok today from my stomach surgeon about my gastroparesis to have no diet restrictions! I just have to listen closely to my body on what food can be handled. That’ll be a bit tricky with my alexithymia.

Also, I now know I can see improvement until the end of the third month, and then it’ll be as good as it gets. Fingers still crossed that it is life changing in being able to largely eat whole food plant based meals! 😁

#Gastroparesis #Alexithymia #WFPB #VeganFood

Yay, I got the ok today from my stomach surgeon about my gastroparesis to have no diet restrictions! I just have to listen closely to my body on what food can be handled. That’ll be a bit tricky with my alexithymia.

Also, I now know I can see improvement until the end of the third month, and then it’ll be as good as it gets. Fingers still crossed that it is life changing in being able to largely eat whole food plant based meals! 😁

#Gastroparesis #Alexithymia #WFPB #VeganFood

Yay, I got the ok today from my stomach surgeon about my gastroparesis to have no diet restrictions! I just have to listen closely to my body on what food can be handled. That’ll be a bit tricky with my alexithymia.

Also, I now know I can see improvement until the end of the third month, and then it’ll be as good as it gets. Fingers still crossed that it is life changing in being able to largely eat whole food plant based meals! 😁

#Gastroparesis #Alexithymia #WFPB #VeganFood

For years I thought my emotional system was defective. I was wrong.
Alexithymia is not an absence. It is a “low-noise” operating system optimized for logic rather than biochemical storms. I explore this paradox between neurodivergence and neural architecture in this essay.
You can read it for free (no paywall) here:
https://medium.com/the-unexpected-autistic-life/the-fish-that-no-longer-wanted-to-fly-06a1305113cb?sk=e6828f387679f8ff43429d287970dff4

#autism #actuallyautistic #psychology #audhd #alexithymia #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #science

New Publcation in Affective Science about #alexithymia and emotional complexity!
🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42761-025-00344-7#Sec10

I finally landed on what's been going on with me for the past year (two years, really, with symptoms much much worse this year)—vestibular migraines. Really regular vestibular migraines with varying degrees of intensity. And then failing to take care of myself appropriately leading to a blur of migraines blended into one another with no clear beginning or end.

I'm finally eating more regularly. I have to use timers and I have to be careful about meal planning.

... It's so strange to me how much easier it is to take care of myself now that I know what's going on because I have a full understanding of what is happening and why. These solutions are, to me, very intuitive; the body will tell you what it needs. But. Without actual lines drawn between the dots it just felt like chaos despite the intuition. I was chasing solutions instead of calmly choosing what I could feel was needed…

... Which is weird for me to experience, but is nevertheless how it is. Part of this is #alexithymia adding to the confusion and chaos. Another part, I think, stems a bit from a lack of self-trust and the confidence that I actually know what I need. That has been a theme for me lately: trusting myself in terms of what I need instead of listening to what others tell me that I need and what I'm doing 'wrong.’

#vestibularmigraine #actuallyautistic #audhd

Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.

We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.

Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.

By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.

We need to remember to do this more often.

#NeurospicyThoughts #neurospicy #neurodivergent #alexithymia #EmotionalDysregulation #VerbalShutdown #music

"Internalizing Symptoms in Men: The Role of Masculine Norms, #alexithymia and Emotion Regulation" ; new article from Vincent O. Mancini, Julia Ditzer, Jack D. Brett, James J. Gross & David A. Preece published in Sex Roles.

A great read, linking theory to practice. Good job!

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-025-01615-0

Maybe it is actually #alexithymia speaking, but I am pretty sure I can’t feel hate.
Like, I can feel despise, disgust, loathe, horror, fear etc - but hate? Hate assumes certain amount of passion, strength - it’s something too big to bother to maintain for someone you don’t like.

Maybe it’s just my #autistic negation to use definitive labels - like the hesitancy to consider what I can feel ‘love’ or to call someone a friend.

@autistics
#neurodivergent
#autism
#AuDHD

I share my experiences of love, boundaries, and authenticity as someone living with neurodivergence and alexithymia.
#Neurodiversity #Relationships #Authenticity #Alexithymia #MentalHealth

https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/being-yourself-in-relationships-authenticity-people-pleasing-and-alexithymia-4f63d0eb7476

@actuallyautistic She's not a villain. She's a poor communicator about her emotions.

I'm not a villain. I'm an effective communicator about my emotions when I know what they are. #alexithymia

To the tune of NIN's "I Do Not Want This":

Don't you ask me how I feel
Don't you ask me how I feel
Don't you ask me how I feel
I DON'T KNOW JUST HOW I FEEL!

#ActuallyAutistic #alexithymia

I was looking for mental health screening tests that did not require collecting personal data.

Yesterday I found @divested has developed Kairoscope, website with dozens of questionnaires that run solely on your browser, zero data sent to anywhere else.

https://kairoscope.org/

Support Tavi's work here:
https://divested.dev/pages/donate

#ADHD #alexithymia #autism #BipolarAffectiveDisorder #anxiety #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #depression #dissociation #eatingdisorders #fatigue #ocd #schizophrenia

😶‍🌫️ Are you interested in #alexithymia ?

With the Alexithymia Research International Alliance (#ARIA), our aim is to develop research on alexithymia and to promote effective health interventions!

More info on our brand new website: https://www.alexithymiaresearch.org/

i'm trying to figure out if there's a need/want for an explanation-guide-y thing to #alexithymia (idk it's probably never gonna happen).

that said, #poll. boosts appreciated.

have you heard of alexithymia?

#neurodivergent #autistic #autism #actuallyautistic #poll #question #terms #words

#Alexithymia is difficulty figuring what what you're feeling. This can make your brain feel foggy, blurry, like you're endlessly loading, or you may feel numb. It can be difficult to recognize pain sometimes also.

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent

From Overthinking to Clarity: Harnessing Your Emotions and Cognition!

#Emotions #Cognition #MentalHealth #SelfRegulation #Mindfulness #BiopsychosocialModel #Alexithymia #Neuroscience #EmotionalIntelligence #CognitiveProcesses #MentalWellness #BrainHealth #EmotionalThermostat #MindOverMatter #Psychology #EmotionalAwareness

https://youtube.com/shorts/2VTlnMoeCMk?feature=share

I'm often at a loss for words for things happening inside my body. Physical things, emotional things. I wish I could express them to you but I've not figured out how. I feel hope and despair at once. I feel alienated and overwhelming compassion for people. The words I use juxtapose them but inside me they are one. What should I call these things?
(We can talk about physical stuff another time.)
@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic #feelings #mentalhealth #buddhism (?) #alexithymia (?)

HE’S JUST LIKE ME FOR REAL 🤣🤣🤣

One of my crushes sent me this and it basically hit me in the damn soul and I started crying laughing and had to share it here.

If I don’t know you or trust you, I would rather do ANYTHING ELSE than acknowledge that you’ve just flirted with me, but believe me, I know, and believe me, I’m Fucking Panicking. Often for YEARS. OOOPS 🤣

I do really like this guy, though…

-Lazarus

#ActuallyAutistic #alexithymia #MadMastodon #MadStudies #mentalhealth #neurodivergence #quoiromantic #quoisexual #strokeSurvivor #whatAreFeelings

The psychology of alexithymia: What it is, who it affects, and why https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-of-alexithymia-what-it-is-who-it-affects-and-why/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Alexithymia #MentalHealth #EmotionalIntelligence #Psychology #SelfAwareness

Social support has been linked to numerous positive clinical outcomes in #schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia report lower #socialsupport, yet the factors that may enhance/hinder the ability to obtain & maintain social support in this population are unknown.

Our newly published paper examined this question, highlighting poor #emotionawareness & #emotionregulaiton as variables critical for enhancing social support in schizophrenia.

https://lnkd.in/ekgMnpwU

#psychosis #alexithymia

I don't understand what I'm feeling. Depression? Exhaustion? Heartbreak? Maybe even fear? Dissatisfaction? Something just isn't quite right. I'm not sure what to do about it because I don't know what it is. It's so subtle I can hardly hear it but it's constantly there. Been going on for days, I think even weeks.
#mentalhealth #depression #exhaustion #love #proprioception #alexithymia #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #scared

#EranZaidel - What Do #Brains Do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlmLFoAwwSA

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Mind #Consciousness #Brain #Neurophysiology #Neuroscience #Cognition #Emotions #Alexithymia #SplitBrain #Memory #Memories #Hemispherectomy #Personality #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#Introduction

The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.

Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...

#Introduction

The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.

Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...

#Introduction

The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.

Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...

#Introduction

The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.

Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...

#Introduction

The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.

Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...

#Introduction The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...

3 lessons on emotional sobriety

https://embrace-autism.com/3-lessons-on-emotional-sobriety/

#Emotional/affectiveempathy #Compassionateempathy #Pathologicalaltruism #Emotionalregulation #Emotionalsobriety #Cognitiveempathy #Emotionalcontrol #Socialawareness #Self-sacrifice #Mentalhealth #Camouflaging #Codependency #Alexithymia #RupertSpira #Compassion #Nondualism #Awareness #Altruism #Buddhism #Empathy #Books #Video

Neuroqueering and the Autistic expression of pain

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/01/30/neuroqueering-and-the-autistic-expression-of-pain/

#AutisticWellbeing #NeuroqueerTheory #actuallyautistic #neuroqueertheory #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #Neuroqueering #professionals #professional #alexithymia #Healthcare #neuroqueer #actually #autistic #medicine #medical #Autism #theory #pain

What is alexithymia and its relationship to interoception?

https://autismawarenesscentre.com/what-is-alexithymia-and-its-relationship-to-interoception/

#understandingemotions #emotionalregulation #SensoryIntegration #interoception #Alexithymia #regulation #AutismQA

About me: Eva Silvertant

https://embrace-autism.com/about-me-eva-silvertant/

#Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHD) #Socialconnectedness #Personalexperience #Socialexpectations #Socialchallenges #Specialinterests #Autismdiagnosis #Science-fiction #Communication #EmbraceAutism #Graphicdesign #Camouflaging #Organization #Alexithymia #Collecting #Literature #Typography #Astronomy #Diagnosis #Typefaces #Aboutme #Masking #Books

Autism is not a defense mechanism

https://embrace-autism.com/autism-is-not-a-defense-mechanism/

#Doubleempathyproblem #Medicalprofessionals #Personalexperience #Goodenoughparent #Autismdiagnosis #BrunoBettelheim #DonaldWinnicott #FrancescaHappé #GretaThunberg #Medicalsystem #DamianMilton #Heritability #Alexithymia #Diagnosis #Suffering #Etiology #Genetics #Ableism #Trauma

Suffering from alexithymia

https://embrace-autism.com/suffering-from-alexithymia/

#Eyemovementdesensitizationandreprocessing(EMDR) #Borderlinepersonalitydisorder(BPD) #Post-traumaticstressdisorder(PTSD) #Affectivealexithymia #Cognitivealexithymia #Negativeexperiences #Copingmechanisms #Emotionalarousal #Anorexianervosa #Childhoodtrauma #Substanceabuse #Somatization #Alexithymia #Psychopathy #Alcoholism #Prevalence #Psychosis #Suffering #CarlJung #Emotions #Prison #Trauma

Suffering from alexithymia

https://embrace-autism.com/suffering-from-alexithymia/

#Eyemovementdesensitizationandreprocessing(EMDR) #Borderlinepersonalitydisorder(BPD) #Post-traumaticstressdisorder(PTSD) #Affectivealexithymia #Cognitivealexithymia #Negativeexperiences #Copingmechanisms #Emotionalarousal #Anorexianervosa #Childhoodtrauma #Substanceabuse #Somatization #Alexithymia #Psychopathy #Alcoholism #Prevalence #Psychosis #Suffering #CarlJung #Emotions #Prison #Trauma

Introducing autistic impostor syndrome

https://embrace-autism.com/introducing-autistic-impostor-syndrome/

#CamouflagingAutisticTraitsQuestionnaire(CAT-Q) #Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHD) #Autisticimpostorsyndrome(AIS) #TheGoodDoctor(TVseries) #DeannaTroi(StarTrek) #Perceptionofautism #Impostorsyndrome #Autismdiagnosis #Spock(StarTrek) #Camouflaging #Adultautism #Alexithymia #StarTrek #Empathy #Masking #Sheldon #Fake