Alexithymia

Emotion-Sensation Feeling Wheel; an image showing three inset circles. The inner wheel is basic emotions- happy, sad, disgust, etc- the middle circle contains feeling words- despair, disappointment, awe, etc. The outer circle contains words that describe a sensation that someone might feel in their body if they were feeling the corresponding emotion.

Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Handout by Lindsay Braman

> JUMP TO DOWNLOAD < The Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel WHAT IS IT: It’s an adaptation of the “feelings wheel” that many therapists and educators …

Kids who grow up in families where emotional needs are not validated and met often develop a deep sense of internal shame for having needs at all. Over time, to cope, many of these kids become adults with little or no capacity to experience their emotions. @hilaryjacobshendel 's work explores how chronic shame and is often misdiagnosed as depression and how, through therapy that includes help discovering the physical cues of emotional that remain in the body, people can rediscover their emotional experience, receive validation of their unmet emotional needs, and decrease shame. . . . .

How Childhood Emotional Neglect Feeds Adult Chronic Shame

Kids who grow up in families where emotional needs are not validated and met often develop a deep sense of internal shame for having needs …

Alexithymia - Origins and Treatment

Alexithymia Illustrated: 4 Comics about Alexithymia Origins and Treatment

Alexithymia is when a person is not able to express, tell the difference between, and name emotions. Most of us learn early – before we …