Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
alexithymia
Definitions related to alexithymia:
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A deficit in emotional awareness characterized by difficulties in recognizing and expressing feelings and emotions manifested as a limited ability to respond to facial clues or other signs of emotions in others often accompanied by detached connections to others.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one�s emotions or moods; elaboration of fantasies associated with depression, substance abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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