Posted by zazenduck on April 12, 2006, at 16:21:51
In reply to Re: alexithymia?--a bit long, posted by gardenergirl on April 12, 2006, at 15:36:21
I guess I never let not knowing what I'm talking about stop me from posting :-/
How is emotional repression different from what you describe? Wouldn't anorexia be more a case of emotional repression than failure to recognize the emotion? I always thought the high from ketones or whatever from starving was at least psychologically addicting because it did suppress emotions. Or do you think not being able to recognize emotions from physical sensations is what causes some of the anorexics problems with food since so many of them go from severely underweight to overweight and don't seem to ever be able to eat normally in response to bodily hunger? If a person was unable to recognize emotions from physical messages I suppose the same thing is going on with hunger sensations?
And I don't understand the Aspergers connection? Is it the same as Asperger's? Isn't that organic?Can someone with Aspergers actually learn to recognize emotions or just to act as if he did? wo
I agree with you the DBT skills manual is the best!
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