Alexithymia: Learning to process our emotions
Long before I knew about the word alexithymia, I knew that it can take me a while to process my emotional experiences. No matter that I was an emotion coaching specialist, had professional understanding and could help others understand their feelings, I still needed space to get to know mine.
Turns out that I'm not alone! Figures vary, but between 10% and 13% of people are thought to experience some level of alexithymia. That's difficulty noticing, talking about and making decisions about their feelings and emotional experiences.
Although alexithymia is beginning to be better known in neurodivergent circles, anyone can experience alexithymia for different reasons. Sometimes it's due to a health issue, trauma or the environment we're raised.
In a nutshell, emotional literacy is our ability to notice our own and other people's emotions and to respond in healthy ways. That's what we're about here at the Strengthen Live Community. Coaching, encouraging and training individuals and practitioners to understand more about emotional literacy and to have helpful conversations about their emotions.
That's why I created the Strengthen Emotion Discovery Wheel™. It's a holistic, 2d visual available in different colourways that helps us become more aware of:
- What we're experiencing
- How we can talk about that
- What we want to experience more of
- What we might want instead
- How we're experiencing emotional experiences
- What we feel about what we feel...
and so much more!
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