[SophiaG]

And, don't tell me that one is a personality disorder and the other one isn't.

I'm just genuinely confused what the difference is between them.

[lastyearisblank]

Alexithymia means not being in touch with your emotions, or having dulled emotions that feel like physical feelings. Someone with that trait might never reach out to others when feeling bad, but instead feel vaguely ill at ease or get a headache, because they haven't made the connection that it's an emotion that lots of people feel and others have been there too. Anti-social personality disorder means not having empathy for other people. Antisocial individuals might be completely capable of feeling pain themselves, but have an impaired understanding of how their actions effect others.

[Perna]

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-e...of-alexithymia

[SophiaG]

Perna, and LastYear. Those Explanations were wonderful! Thank you!

[PJango]

Originally Posted by SophiaG

And, don't tell me that one is a personality disorder and the other one isn't.

I'm just genuinely confused what the difference is between them.

I had never heard of Alexithymia until this week! But I think it suits my Husband to a 'T'.

we are in marriage therapy, and the T asked him what he felt when his dad died (end of feb).

took him a LONG time, and finally he said 'sad and relieved'

when T asked him what sad felt like to him, he said he never thought about it...

she asked him 'what does sadness feel like in your body'

he could not answer.

I'm going back to read the article posted here...he's getting tested for Aspergers, starting in June.