I've read a little more about Alexithymia and there is a correlation with emotional neglect which I think I had. But, I don't remember any trauma - perhaps just a series of emotional neglect did it. Anyway, I do think I have tendencies. When people are telling me something sad, I have a hard time relating emotionally. I know it's a sad situation but it won't bring tears to my eyes. When my daughter was in horrible pain at the dentist, I couldn't cry but felt I should have.

Yet, I'm also able to express a variety of emotions - just not with my T. It's like I go blank when she asks me something or I don't know how to keep talking about it. It's made me a little depressed reading about this.