Alexithymia doesn't sound that common. I have talked to so many people who follow the path that I have described. There are hundreds and hundreds of stories here.
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Originally Posted by autotelica
And then sometimes someone has physical symptoms of anxiety completely in the absence of an underlying trigger or thought. They may be in therapy not to self-correct thoughts, but to simply learn how to relax.
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I think that a lot of anxiety problems come from growing up in an insecure environment, so it is from experience.
I guess I'm being interpreted here as making blanket statements? My first statement here to franki was directed towards the experience that she described where the T kept trying to convince her of her distorted thoughts which she explained that she probably already understood. So my comment of "what else would you be in therapy for" meant that she was aware of these thoughts, came to therapy to work on these thoughts and needed to go to step 2 to work on these thoughts. This comment was never meant as a blanket statement for everyone.