Alexithymia: why some people find it so hard to identify emotions, and how this affects them

By Rebecca Ellis, Assistant researcher in Public Health, Swansea University

Alexithymia is a term you may not have heard before. But it describes something many people experience: difficulties in identifying, distinguishing and expressing emotions. It affects how people engage with their emotions at work, in relationships and even within themselves. It may also change how a person analyses their surroundings and how they interact with the world.

It’s not easy to tell if someone you know has alexithymia.…

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