Feminist Survival Project

58: How to Listen to Your Body, Part One

Jun 7, 2021
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INSIGHT

Listening Is A Learnable Skill

  • Amelia and Allegra frame 'listening to your body' as a learnable skill that requires multiple staged steps.
  • Amelia emphasizes years of practice are normal and not everyone progresses the same way.
INSIGHT

Sensing Ability Exists On A Spectrum

  • Ability to sense and name bodily feelings varies widely across people on a spectrum.
  • Amelia and Allegra point to alexithymia as a real condition that impairs feeling identification.
ANECDOTE

Taking The Alexithymia Quiz Live

  • Amelia reads sample alexithymia quiz items out loud during the episode and reacts candidly.
  • She admits scoring high and struggles with finding words for feelings.
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