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Old Apr 02, 2022, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by East17 View Post
I was encouraged to try mindfulness in order to become more aware of what I was feeling which drove how my thoughts affected my behaviours. My difficulty is that I often have a feeling or emotion, but I can't 'name' it.

My Ex-T was trained in working with alexithymic clients and she gave me some word lists, which sometimes helped. I don't think current T is specifically trained in this area.

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Those word lists helped but what helped also was going beyond that with the word lists & I took the list that applied to me & thought through exactly why & the cause of each of those emotions. That was my real break through
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