Why is it hard for me to communicate my feelings?

There are so many reasons why people find it challenging to have honest conversations about emotional or sexual feelings, boundaries, and desires. We might be afraid of conflict, afraid of judgement, or feeling tired, hopeless, or unsure of how the other person will respond.

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Why do I struggle to open up about my feelings?

Sometimes people struggle to upon up with others because of mental health challenges that they're dealing with. This could include things like an eating disorder, bipolar disorder, or other personality disorder. People with depression and anxiety may also struggle with opening up on a deeper level with people.

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Do people with ADHD have difficulty expressing feelings?

Most adults with ADHD don't know how to express feelings. Some of us have learned to sublimate our emotions, because we think we are unacceptable, but unexpressed feeling finds a way to let us know it is there. Sometimes it presents as physical symptoms, like a headache or an upset stomach.

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Why do I have no words to express my feelings?

Alexithymia is when an individual has difficulty identifying, describing, and expressing emotions. This term was coined by Peter Sifneos in 1972, and it comes from the roots of Greek words that literally mean, “lack of words for emotion.”

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How does it feel when you can't express your feelings?

Studies have found that people who choose not to express their feelings may experience more negative emotions than positive feelings. They can also experience more anxiety or depression.

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Why can't I express my thoughts verbally?

Someone with a thought disorder may have trouble organizing, processing, or expressing their thoughts. They may also have trouble expressing themselves verbally and in writing. Thought disorder is common in schizophrenia, psychosis, and mania. Someone with a thought disorder may be difficult to understand.

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Why can't I talk about my feelings without crying?

Crying is a normal response to deep emotion. When we are hurt, frustrated, or angry, it's common to get teary-eyed and experience that familiar lump in the throat, making it difficult to talk. Crying can convey to others how deeply we feel or that we need extra care, which can be helpful.

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Why do I feel emotions deeply but I can't express them?

Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and various other conditions.

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Do people with ADHD have alexithymia?

Alexithymia incidence was 41.5% in the ADHD group. The increase in the levels of impulsiveness, depression and anxiety correlated with the severity of ADHD symptoms; and impulsiveness predicted alexithymia in the ADHD group.

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What do you call a person who doesn t express their feelings?

[ ap-uh-thet-ik ] show ipa. See synonyms for apathetic on Thesaurus.com. adjective. having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.

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What does an ADHD shutdown look like?

Differences in emotions in people with ADHD can lead to 'shutdowns', where someone is so overwhelmed with emotions that they space out, may find it hard to speak or move and may struggle to articulate what they are feeling until they can process their emotions.

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What is an ADHD meltdown?

ADHD meltdowns are sudden outbursts of frustration and anger that seem to come out of nowhere. If your child is struggling to control their emotions, there are ways to help them. For children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), impulsivity can present in many ways.

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What is masking ADHD?

If you hide your adult ADHD symptoms from other people, that's called masking. Basically, you're trying to seem more “normal” or “regular.” ADHD causes some people to act hyperactive or impulsive. It makes other folks have trouble paying attention. And still other adults have a combination of those symptoms.

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What are signs of emotional detachment?

Symptoms Of Emotional Detachment
  • Lack of emotions, also known as “flattened affect”
  • Unresponsiveness emotional experiences or situations that provoke emotional responses in others.
  • A feeling of being emotionally disconnected from other people, places, or objects in one's environment.
  • Reduced interest in sex.
  • Apathy.

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Why do I feel so distant from everyone?

Mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and mood disorders can cause social withdrawal and isolation. Socialising can feel like a chore when you're struggling with your mental health, and it can be hard to be truly present with others when your mind feels messy.

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Do people with ADHD mask emotions?

Examples of ADHD Masking

ADHD masking is a way of hiding symptoms through learned behaviors that can be healthy or unhealthy. Many people with ADHD break social rules through their behaviors and may face shame and ridicule. As a result, they develop coping strategies to hide parts of themselves.

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Do people with ADHD have low emotional intelligence?

Children and adults with ADHD were found to have lower ability in recognizing emotions from mimics and sounds, have more aggressive behavior, lower frustration tolerance and impaired self-control.

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Why do I cry easily when I express my feelings?

"Many individuals who are high in neuroticism become hypersensitive to situations that trigger strong emotions, such as sadness," he adds. In other words, those who have high neuroticism feel emotions very deeply, resulting in them crying more often.

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Can people with alexithymia express emotion?

People with alexithymia can feel love when it's strong enough. They just can't describe or express it in a way that provides others with emotional validation. Instead, they may express their love through action, rather than words or affection.

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Why do I feel the need to express my feelings?

When we fail to express our emotions, our brain can often go into the fight-or-flight state. This is a physical reaction to stress that sets off a chain of events throughout our bodies. It increases our heart rate, slows digestive functions and makes us feel anxious or depressed.

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Why is it so hard for me to talk about my problems?

Some people (especially men) are socialized to internalize feelings, rather than give voice to them. Sometimes the very emotions you're dealing with — like guilt over something you did, or shame about how you think you're perceived — can feel so overwhelming that you can't get up the motivation to talk it out.

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Why can't I talk when I'm upset?

Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder where a person is unable to speak in certain social situations, such as with classmates at school or to relatives they do not see very often. It usually starts during childhood and, if left untreated, can persist into adulthood.

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Why do I struggle to speak what I think?

Dysarthria means difficulty speaking. It can be caused by brain damage or by brain changes occurring in some conditions affecting the nervous system, or related to ageing. It can affect people of all ages. If dysarthria occurs suddenly, call 999, it may be being caused by a stroke.

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