https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg54itkhKW8
Hi! I'm Orion Kelly and I'm Autistic. On this video I explore the topic of Alexithymia and autism, and explain why Autistic people can seem emotionless. Plus

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/
So we looked into the overlap between autism and alexithymia, a condition defined by a difficulty understanding and identifying one's own emotions. People with high levels of alexithymia (which

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/nurturing-self-esteem-in-autistic-children/202307/autism-and-alexithymia
Alexithymia is an additional variable associated with emotional processing challenges for many autistic individuals, especially "poorer regulation of negative affect" (Morie et al., 2019). The

https://aidecanada.ca/resources/learn/asd-id-core-knowledge/alexithymia-autism-when-you-don-t-know-what-emotion(s)-you-are-feeling
Alexithymia, or the "lack of words for emotions", impacts up to half of all Autistic people. People with Alexithymia tend to have challenges with identifying and describing their feelings, recognizing bodily sensations, and a thinking style that focuses on external experiences rather than internal sensations and emotions. This toolkit describes the latest research on how alexithymia intersects

https://reframingautism.org.au/autism-and-emotions-how-and-why-do-autistic-people-process-emotions-differently/
Alexithymia is a condition where individuals have difficulties finding words to describe how they are feeling, have difficulty registering the emotion itself or have both expressive and affective challenges. Research shows it is more prevalent in Autistic individuals (49.93%) than non-autistic individuals (4.89%). (Kinnaird et. al, 2019).

https://autismspectrumnews.org/a-world-without-emotions-alexithymia-and-autism/
The word alexithymia is derived from the terms "lexis" which means a combination of words; "thymos" which means mood or emotion; and "a" which represents a lack of. Altogether, it is the lack of words or terms to express emotions or moods. The condition was first introduced into the field of psychiatry by Peter E. Sifneos in the

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326451
Alexithymia also makes it difficult for people to identify and respond to emotions in others. These issues can lead to difficulties in social settings and interpersonal relationships. Symptoms

https://www.healthline.com/health/autism/alexithymia
The condition can occur with certain conditions, such as depression, neurological conditions, and brain injury. Alexithymia is a broad term to describe problems with feeling emotions. In fact

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6331035/
Previous research using additional alexithymia measures, such as the BVAQ, have highlighted that autistic people may have more difficulties with the cognitive aspects of alexithymia (for example identifying and verbalising emotions) rather than a lack of awareness of conscious experience . However, the low number of studies using such an

https://www.autistica.org.uk/what-is-autism/anxiety-and-autism-hub/alexithymia
Alexithymia is a term to describe problems with feeling emotions. In Greek, it loosely translates to "no words for emotion.". It is estimated that 1 in 10 people has alexithymia, but it is much more common in those with depression and in autistic people. 1 in 5 autistic people have alexithymia. People who have alexithymia may have have

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/autistic-differences/alexithymia/
Alexithymia is a Greek word that literally translates as "no words for feelings", and means difficulty with understanding and/or describing your feelings and emotions. This can sometimes make it harder to understand other people's feelings too. Autistic people are more likely to experience alexithymia.

https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/alexithymia/
The concept of alexithymia was introduced by Sifneos in 1973. The term itself literally translates to "no words for emotion" in Greek. In today's language, this means that someone has difficulty identifying and describing the emotions that they are experiencing. Although some non-autistic people have alexithymia, it is much more common

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/nurturing-self-esteem-in-autistic-children/202307/autism-and-alexithymia
Alexithymia is associated with emotional processing challenges for many autistic individuals. Alexithymia consists of difficulties with identifying one's own feelings and describing feelings

https://autisticphd.com/theblog/what-is-alexithymia-do-all-autistic-people-have-this/
In general, about half of the autistic population has alexithymia (e.g. Bird and Cook 2013; Kinnaird, Stewart and Tchanturia 2019). What I'm not getting into is the chicken-egg delineation of whether alexithymia is typically co-occuring with autism, or whether alexithymia is a definitive feature of autism, or something else explains them both.

https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/alexithymia-autism/
Here are a few tips or ideas to teach your child emotional recognition. 1. Visual supports. Use visual images with emotions to teach your child to recognize emotional facial expressions. Teach your child the different types of emotions through images and practice mimicking those expressions with body language. 2.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8566745/
The Current Study. In spite of the emergence of work on the association between facets of alexithymia and specific difficulties in autism (i.e., Liss et al., 2008; Oakley et al., 2020), more work is required to fully understand how sub-factors of these two constructs are related, as well as which are unrelated and distinct.In this study we examine alexithymic and autistic traits as a continuum

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-forgotten-women/202308/what-its-like-to-live-with-alexithymia
Alexithymia is one of the more common features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Not all autistic people have alexithymia, but many do (Kinnaird, Stewart, Tchanturia, 2019). Alexithymia is

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00050067.2023.2174409
Alexithymia is of clinical interest in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) given research that has highlighted elevated levels of overall alexithymia in people with ASD. Presently, little is known about what specific facets of alexithymia might be impaired in ASD, or whether deficits are present for both negative and positive emotions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64253360
Saffron Anderton was at university when she was diagnosed as autistic. The 22-year-old, from Newmarket, Suffolk, also discovered she experiences alexithymia, meaning she cannot identify emotions

https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/alexithymia-and-autism/
Although some non-autistic people have alexithymia, it is much more common amongst autistic people. In-fact, recent research by Kinnaird, Stewart and Tchanturia (2019) found that only 4.89% of the non-autistic people in their sample had alexithymia, compared to 49.93% of autistic people. This makes sense when we consider the difficulties many

https://www.health.com/alexithymia-8361963
Alexithymia is even more common among people with neurodivergent conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), sometimes referred to simply as autism. In fact, about 50% of people with autism

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/alexithymia
Alexithymia, also known as emotional blindness, is a personality feature in which a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, understanding, and expressing their emotions. This can be

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia
Alexithymia (/ ə ˌ l ɛ k s ɪ ˈ θ aɪ m i ə / ə-LEK-sih-THY-mee-ə), also called emotional blindness, is a neuropsychological phenomenon characterized by significant challenges in recognizing, expressing, sourcing, and describing one's emotions. It is associated with difficulties in attachment and interpersonal relations. While there is no scientific consensus on its classification as a