
Episode 108 ADHD and Alexithymia
The ADHD Adults Podcast
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The Problems With Emotional Arousal
The name Alexi thai you're coined in 1973 from the Greek alexis meaning no words and thymos which means flask of tea. Lexith includes problems with identifying verbalizing analyzing our feelings emotional also sometimes physical feelings about things such as describing pain so both the experience and ability to express these feelings is knackered at the same time. Some people who are electithamic feel empathy for things that aren't human like your car Sam or James this when we personify objects it isn't just humans but other things.
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