alexithymia

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ lexi +‎ -thymia. Created by psychiatrists John Case Nemiah and Peter Sifneos from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speaking”) + θυμός (thumós, “heart”), meaning “without words for emotions”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˌlɛk.sɪˈθaɪ.mi.ə/, /eɪˌlɛk.səˈθaɪ.mi.ə/ === Noun === alexithymia (uncountable) A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. 2008, Amy Kroska and Sarah K. Harkness, “Exploring the Role of Diagnosis in the Modified Labeling Theory of Mental Illness” in Social Psychology Quarterly LXXI, № 2 (Wrestling with Social Psychology, June 2008), page 195: Finally, schizophrenic disorders involve impairments of perceptions, including hallucinations and delusions, symptoms that often impair patients’ social and occupational functioning and can create alexithymia (Maggini and Raballo 2004; van ‛t Wout et al. 2007), an inability to recognize one’s own feelings. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===