Alexithymia

Alexithymia is a marked difficulty a person has in recognizing and naming their emotions. In this condition, even though a person knows they feel something, they struggle to tie that feeling to an emotion; often they experience the emotion only as a bodily symptom. This is a state in which the link between emotional life and bodily experience has weakened. Alexithymia is a matter of awareness; to address this difficulty in depth, the support of a trained professional is valuable. Giving a language to a feeling is often a long and gentle process.