https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/12/03/learning-to-live-with-alexithymia/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/12/03/learning-to-live-with-alexithymia/#comment-29598 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:07:58 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987499004#comment-29598 Thanks so much for this ,helps make so much more sense of the craziness in my life ,for so so long ,have had therapy,but mainly talk ,have suspected Alexithymia was part of my problem for a while now ,especially when reading that you actually feel too much !!!,absolutely get that !!,never diagnosed with cptsd ,because I don’t know how to go about it ,despite nine months of therapy,thanks so much

]]> https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/12/03/learning-to-live-with-alexithymia/#comment-29597 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:01:42 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987499004#comment-29597 Thanks so much for this wonderful post ,I’ve always suspected I had Alexithymia ,but haven’t been diagnosed with cptsd,yet ,because I don’t know how to get diagnosed!,I’ve bee trying to regulate my nervous system for almost four years ,after becoming aware of what was causing my lifetime pain /Anxiety and almost countless symptoms,seen a therapist for months,but was mainly talk ,I’m now more aware that it needs the body,work,too ,I have known for a while now ,that I take on everyone’s emotions,but can’t get to my own,and reading this post ,helps so much to understand why I’m always so overwhelmed and stressed,my therapist,suspected I was a Hsp ,but I wasn’t convinced at first,but I am now ,just don’t know where to go with this now ,I’ve been working on this on my own for two years,since finishing with my therapist,I had probably 9 months of therapy,mostly about my subconscious beliefs,as I’ve always had the feelings of not being enough,for a long long time,I get all that ,but this makes me realise I need to try and sit and identify my emotions,I think the main reason,I suspect Alexithymia ,is because I just can’t feel my emotions,never have ,the negative ones at least,and as is mentioned,having to choose attachment over authenticity,is definitely where I’ve been all my life I’ve gained so much knowledge over these four years,but trying to get the piece that ties it al together,and make sense of all the craziness in my life,feels a bit closer now ,so appreciate this ,thank you xx

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