You might check out the various somatic therapy modalities. Particularly being overpowered on left brain, I've found it really helpful to connect to body sensations (which you can learn to relate to emotions) and trust them rather than only trying to "make sense" of what's going on intellectually. I've also found that practices that are experiential are another pathway to doing some rewiring that better connects you with inner parts of yourself that have been blocked.
Thanks, Mike. I have been considering changing therapy modalities here in favor of the somatic, as I'm finding the talk therapy route to have some limitations for me. You have thrown another log on this fire!
Great post and also applicable to me. Thank you and Mimi also thanks you. She said that it helps her to understand my responses to some things that make her so emotional. I forwarded it to my adult children as I suspect there are genetic underpinnings to alexithymia (as with just about every trait).
You might check out the various somatic therapy modalities. Particularly being overpowered on left brain, I've found it really helpful to connect to body sensations (which you can learn to relate to emotions) and trust them rather than only trying to "make sense" of what's going on intellectually. I've also found that practices that are experiential are another pathway to doing some rewiring that better connects you with inner parts of yourself that have been blocked.
Thanks, Mike. I have been considering changing therapy modalities here in favor of the somatic, as I'm finding the talk therapy route to have some limitations for me. You have thrown another log on this fire!
Great post and also applicable to me. Thank you and Mimi also thanks you. She said that it helps her to understand my responses to some things that make her so emotional. I forwarded it to my adult children as I suspect there are genetic underpinnings to alexithymia (as with just about every trait).
Thanks for sharing, Mark and Mimi! I agree that there may be some genetic underpinnings here.